FREEMAN DYSON is professor of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton. His professional interests are in mathematics and astronomy. Among his many books are Disturbing the Universe, Infinite in All Directions Origins of Life, From Eros to Gaia, Imagined Worlds, The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet, and most recently Many Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe

Further reading on Edge: "Progress in Religion: A Talk by Freeman Dyson"

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