Natural Sciences

The Institute for Advanced Study will celebrate the publication of Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters by Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, with a public event at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13, in W...

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the Lorentz Medal to Juan Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, for his seminal contribution to the understanding of the quantum physics of black holes...

Ann Finkbeiner of Nature reviews Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters (Liveright, 2018) by Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, writing:

“Dyson notices everything. He describes Americans’ friendliness...

Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, will recall his life story and recount many of the major advances in twentieth-century science in a discussion of his new autobiography Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through...

Professor Emeritus Freeman Dyson will speak with physicist and author Lisa Randall about his new autobiography Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters (Liveright, 2018), at 6:30 p.m. on April 10 at the New York Public Library. The volume...

“Trying to understand Hawking’s discovery better has been a source of much fresh thinking for almost 40 years now, and we are probably still far from fully coming to grips with it. It still feels new,” said Edward Witten, Charles Simonyi Professor...

IAS Trustee Sir Martin Rees spoke with Scientific American to discuss threats to Earth and humanity, challenges facing the scientific community, Martian communities and utopian societies, and more.

December 7, 1947
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Yesterday I had a talk with [Hans] Bethe about my future. . . . He said I should spend the second year at Princeton with [J. Robert] Oppenheimer, and that Oppenheimer would be glad to look after me...

The American Astronomical Society awarded former Members in the School of Natural Sciences with prestigious prizes for outstanding achievements in scientific research, instrument development, and writing.

Clifford V. Johnson, former Member in the School of Natural Sciences, discusses string theory, black holes, and his new graphic novel The Dialogues with physicist Janna Levin and Ira Flatow of NPR's Science Friday. In The Dialogues: Conversations...