Re: Dyson received religion prize

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 04:28:00 MST


At 06:12 AM 11/12/00 +0100, Amara wrote:

>I didn't know that Dyson was religious.

Oh, yes. This was made very clear in his admirable book on nuclear weapon
proliferation around 1984, WEAPONS AND HOPE. As I recall he attends an
Episcopalian church, but I suspect he's rather like Martin Gardner in being
a deist or some such.

>I wonder if he was just
>saying some of these things to not offend the givers of this prize?

Not a chance.

Damien Broderick



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