Freeman Dyson Quote

A physicist builds theories with mathematical materials, because the mathematics enables him to imagine more than he can clearly think.


Mathematics in the Physical Sciences, Scientific American, Volume 211, Number 3, September, 1964 (p. 133)


A physicist builds theories with mathematical materials, because the mathematics enables him to imagine more than he can clearly think.

A physicist builds theories with mathematical materials, because the mathematics enables him to imagine more than he can clearly think.

A physicist builds theories with mathematical materials, because the mathematics enables him to imagine more than he can clearly think.

A physicist builds theories with mathematical materials, because the mathematics enables him to imagine more than he can clearly think.