1923 - 2020
Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-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. 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.Dyson originated several concepts that bear his name, such as Dyson's transform, a fundamental technique in additive number theory, which he developed as part of his proof of Mann's theorem; the Dyson tree, a hypothetical genetically engineered plant capable of growing in a comet; the Dyson series, a perturbative series where each term is represented by Feynman diagrams; the Dyson sphere, a thought experiment that attempts to explain how a space-faring civilization would meet its energy requirements with a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output; and Dyson's eternal intelligence, a means by which an immortal society of intelligent beings in an open universe could escape the prospect of the heat death of the universe by extending subjective time to infinity while expending only a finite amount of energy. Dyson disagreed with the scientific consensus on climate change. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freeman Dyson has received more than 2,688,742 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Freeman Dyson is the 296th most popular physicist (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 657th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Physicist.
Freeman Dyson is a physicist and mathematician who has contributed to a number of fields, including nuclear physics, quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astrophysics, and mathematics. He is most famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics.
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Among physicists, Freeman Dyson ranks 296 out of 717. Before him are Ernst Chladni, Makoto Kobayashi, Fritjof Capra, Walter Kohn, William Daniel Phillips, and Yuri Oganessian. After him are Valentin Ceaușescu, Paul-Jacques Curie, Pierre Louis Dulong, Peter Mansfield, William Whewell, and Hélène Langevin-Joliot.
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 290
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 291
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 292
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 293
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 294
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 295
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 297
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 298
1785 - 1838
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 299
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 300
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 301
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 302
Among people born in 1923, Freeman Dyson ranks 58. Before him are Dev Anand, Aristides Pereira, Queen Anne of Romania, Nizar Qabbani, Stjepan Bobek, and Walter Kohn. After him are Rasul Gamzatov, Shūsaku Endō, Chuck Yeager, Hank Williams, Stig Dagerman, and Bert Trautmann. Among people deceased in 2020, Freeman Dyson ranks 80. Before him are Quino, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Mario J. Molina, Per Olov Enquist, John Saxon, and Honor Blackman. After him are Maj Sjöwall, Chadwick Boseman, John Horton Conway, Chuck Yeager, Manu Dibango, and Jerry Stiller.
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 52
1923 - 2011
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 53
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 54
1923 - 1998
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 55
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 56
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 57
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 58
1923 - 2003
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 59
1923 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 60
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 61
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 62
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 63
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 64
1932 - 2020
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 74
1936 - 2020
HPI: 59.22
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1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.21
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1934 - 2020
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 77
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 78
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 79
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 80
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
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1977 - 2020
HPI: 58.93
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1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
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1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 84
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 85
1927 - 2020
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 86
Among people born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 1,007 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Honor Blackman (1925), Warren Hastings (1732), Anna Atkins (1799), Thomas Cavendish (1560), and Ida Noddack (1896). After him are Hans Sloane (1660), Robert Hardy (1925), Cozy Powell (1947), Mary Somerville (1780), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Van Morrison (1945).
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,001
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.13
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1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
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1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
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1560 - 1592
HPI: 59.12
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1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 1,006
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 1,007
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,008
1925 - 2017
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,009
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,010
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,011
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,012
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,013
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 38. Before him are Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), John Cockcroft (1897), Joseph Swan (1828), Patrick Blackett (1897), and Brian Josephson (1940). After him are Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Stephen Hales (1677), John Stewart Bell (1928), James Jeans (1877), and William Sturgeon (1783).
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 33
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 34
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 35
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 36
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 37
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 38
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 39
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 40
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 41
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 42
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 43
1783 - 1850
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 44