Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters

by Freeman Dyson

Book Overview

Having penned hundreds of letters to his family over four decades, Freeman Dyson has framed them with the reflections made by a man now in his nineties. While maintaining that "the letters record the daily life of an ordinary scientist doing ordinary work," Dyson nonetheless has worked with many of the twentieth century's most renowned physicists, mathematicians, and intellectuals, so that Maker of Patterns presents not only his personal story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871403862
• ISBN13: 9780871403865
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"