George Dyson (science historian)
- George Dyson (science historian)
George Dyson (born 1953) is a scientific historian, the son of Freeman Dyson, brother of Esther Dyson, and the grandson of Sir George Dyson. When he was sixteen he went to live in British Columbia in Canada to pursue his interest in canoeing and escape his father's shadow. While there he lived in a treehouse at a height of 30 metres. He is the author of "Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957-1965" and "Darwin Among the Machines", where he suggested coherently that the internet is a living, sentient being. He is the subject of Kenneth Brower's book "The Starship and the Canoe". Dyson was the founder of Dyson, Baidarka & Company, a designer of Aleut-style skin kayaks, and he is credited with the revival of the baidarka style of kayak.
Books
* "Baidarka the Kayak", 1986, Alaska Northwest Books, ISBN 088240315X
* "Darwin Among the Machines", 1998, Allan Lane Science, ISBN 0738200301
* "Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957-1965", 2002, Allan Lane Science, ISBN 0713992670
External links
* [http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971217/ RealAudio Interview with Dyson from Annonline.com]
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/dysong.html Biography and articles from Edge.org]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbd/ George Dyson's Flickr Photostream]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tellytom/sets/72057594061975962/ Dyson, Baidarka & Company (Flickr Photostream by Thomas Gotchy)]
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/huber-dyson.html George Dyson's Mother, Verena Huber-Dyson]
* [http://tal.forum2.org/darwin A review of Dyson's "Darwin Among the Machines"]
* [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail454.html a lecture by George Dyson on "von Neumans universe"]
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dysong08/dysong08_index.html "Engineers' Dreams"]
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/george_dyson_at_the_birth_of_the_computer.html Birth of Computer Talk at TED]
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