The Starship and the Canoe (Paperback)

from LyndaInOregon

It's difficult to quantify this book, odd which basically is about physicist Freeman Dyson and his son George, who at the time of the book, was living in a treehouse in British Columbia, designing a huge canoe based on Aleut kayaks. The father-son dichotomy between the man who promoted the idea o...

from selkins

A study of scientist Freeman Dyson and his science/technology-historian son George Dyson, and the conflicts and common ground between their interests and outlooks. Slow-moving, but rich.

from MarkLacy

biography of George Dyson and his father Freeman Dyson, the famous physicist; would have been better if more about Freeman Dyson, but good nevertheless; author shows the underlying similarities beneath the outward differences between father and son

from WDMyers

Nicely written by the son of one of the principals. Seems like the most extreme science fiction, but all true. Every word. Check mout Freeman Dyson and His son George in the excellent book "The Starship and the Canoe" by Kenneth Brower.