Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters
by Freeman Dyson
Buy on AmazonA lifetime of candid reflections from physicist Freeman Dyson, “an acute observer of personality and human foibles” (New York Times Book Review). Written between 1940 and the late 1970s, the postwar recollections of renowned physicist Freeman Dyson have been celebrated as an historic portrait of modern science and its greatest players, including Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and Hans Bethe.…
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"In Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters ( public library ), Dyson unleashes his warm wisdom and unboastful wit on subjects as varied as politics, the enchantment of science, the vacuity of celebrity, the value of the immigrant perspective , his vibrant friendship with Richard Feynman , and the complexities of being human."
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