*He has died, but my goodness he saw a lot in his passage through the universe.
*I once met Freeman Dyson and told him that one of my science fiction novels was heavily influenced by his book "Disturbing the Universe." "Go right ahead!" he said, chuckling indulgently. If every human being was like him, we'd be deftly re-arranging our arm of the galaxy by now.
Quite the writer as well as a scientist
