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Title: Disturbing the Universe by Freeman J. Dyson ISBN: 0-465-01677-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Masterpiece
Comment: This is the best book by Dyson, if you exclude that which contains his Selected Papers. This means a lot for me, for I rate very highly all his books, especially "Infinite in All Directions". Actually, this is one of the best books I ever read, and it influenced me a lot, for instance, in my reading of poetry. It was in this book that I discovered Yeats (recall that I am not a native English speaker). And it gave me the momentum to read, and appreciate in a quite concrete situation, the second part of Goethe's Faust. The episode of Dyson's vacations with mother and father, and the ensuing discussion on humanities vs. science, is very revealing, and helps to pinpoint the origin of the high degree of understanding and tolerance which illuminates all posterior Dyson writings, and that eventually made him win the Templeton Prize. A surprising, very moving chapter on Teller, introduced as a gifted Bach player at the piano is probably closer to the truth than everything else written on the controversial scientist. Wonderful the chapter on how to detect (large) extra-terrestrial civilizations. A book for many, many readings!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is not disturbing at all
Comment: This book is much more autobiographical than Dyson's other works. This is also, in my opinion, his greatest work. His eloquent words bring to us the sense of wonder and the thoughtful nature of a truly magnificent scientist and person. Dyson reveals to us how his life has been influenced by his reading children stories. We get the opportunity to read his reflections on World War II, the relationship he had with Robert Oppenheimer and many other biographical tidbits which all somehow melt into an almost unexpected thematic unity. His adventures with Richard P. Feynman as well as his relationship with Edward Teller are also discussed. This amazing book explains this man's humble outlook on such subjects as nuclear war (and its impending probablity), poetry and his own unique interpretation of the inner-workings of the machinery of the universe. This is a must book for all scientists as well as people who have a passing interest in science. I would also recommend it to anyone who could not care less about science; the book is that good. Trust me.
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting book, but not a masterpiece
Comment: some reviewers say this book is a masterpiece,and the greatest book written by Freeman.Dyson, I really can't agree with them.
I read the book twice, I find it is an interesting book. Dyson is undoubted a successful scientist, this book ,I think it as autobiography of Dyson. of course, it is very interesting and full of stories. But just like other autobiographies, it is just a story book, not a masterpiece. for these resons, I give it four stars.
F.Dyson wrote some popular book, they are all excellent, but the greater work of Dyson is about scientific research, such as QED.
I also like his "infinite in all directions", because it give me a special viewpoint about science, society and universe.anyway, The book,and others by dyson is worth of reading.
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Title: The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions (Nypl/Oup Lectures) by Freeman J. Dyson ISBN: 0195139224 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Origins of Life by Freeman J. Dyson ISBN: 0521626684 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Imagined Worlds (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) by Freeman J. Dyson ISBN: 0674539095 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Infinite in All Directions by Freeman J. Dyson ISBN: 0060915692 Publisher: HarperCollins (paper) Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship by George Dyson ISBN: 0805059857 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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