The future of physics

1970/09/01 by Freeman J. Dyson · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception

paper · doi:10.1063/1.3022330

openalex publication_date 1970/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

What sort of physics should we be doing between now and the end of the century? This is a question I thought about recently when we at Princeton dedicated a new physics building; what would the people now in the building have a chance to do during their working lives?

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• From our archives: “The future of physics” by Freeman Dyson from September 1970 "Many physicists may turn to molecular biophysics, pulsar astronomy and the problems of environmental pollution, just a [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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