Freeman Dyson
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- Freeman Dyson - Reflections on the ecology of scientific experiments
Freeman Dyson, a physicist at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul as part of the Wallace Distinguished Visitors Program. Dyson’s address was on the topic “Reflections on the Ecology of Scientific Experiments.” After speech, Dyson answered audience questions. Dyson was a protege of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the scientists closely associated with the development of atomic energy. Dyson is a scholar in the fields of nuclear physics, rocket technology, astrophysics and structural engineering. Along with being a physicist, he is the author of the book, "Weapons and Hope", published in 1984 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Dyson's also wrote "Infinite in All Directions.”
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