= Freeman Dyson
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<Ciro Santilli>'s admiration for Dyson goes beyond his "unify all the things approach", which <high flying bird vs gophers>[Ciro loves], but also extends to the way he talks and the things he says. Dyson is one of Ciro's favorite physicist.
Besides this, he was also very <idealistic> compassionate, and supported a peaceful resolution until <World War II> with <United Kingdom> was basically ineviatble. Note that this was a strategic mistake.
Dyson is "hawk nosed" as mentioned in <Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics by James Gleick (1994)> chapter "Dyson". But he wasn't when he was young, see e.g. https://i2.wp.com/www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/freemandyson_child-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1064&ssl=1 It sems that his nose just never stopped growing after puberty.
He also has some fun stories, like him practicing <night climbing> while at <Cambridge University>, and having walked from <Cambridge> to <London> (~86km!) in a day with his wheelchair bound friend.
<Ciro Santilli> feels that the label <child prodigy> applies even more so to him than to <Feynman> and <Julian Schwinger>.
Bibliography:
* <QED and the men who made it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga by Silvan Schweber (1994)> chapter 9 Freeman Dyson and the Structure of Quantum Field Theory
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