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Biography
Freeman John Dyson FRS was an English-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering.
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
