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Biography
Freeman John Dyson was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician who worked in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. He was professor emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a member of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Awards & recognition
- Henri Poincaré Prize · 2012
- Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award · 2010
- Great Immigrants Award · 2007
- Pomeranchuk Prize · 2003
- Templeton Prize · 2000
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- Joseph A. Burton Forum Award · 1998
- Enrico Fermi Award · 1993
- Oersted Medal · 1991
- Matteucci Medal · 1989
- Andrew Gemant Award · 1988
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction · 1984
- Wolf Prize in Physics · 1981
- Harvey Prize · 1977
- Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship · 1972
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize · 1970
- Max Planck Medal · 1969
- Hughes Medal · 1968
- Lorentz Medal · 1966
- Dannie Heineman Prize — Mathematical Physics · 1965
- Fellow of the Royal Society · 1952
- Harkness Fellowship · 1947
- honorary doctor of Yeshiva University
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1964 · nominated
