During the year of 1948-1949, worked at the Institute for Advanced
Studies at Princeton with J. Robert Oppenheimer. He returned to
the Institute in 1953, to work there for most of the rest of his
life.
In 1947, he came to the United States on a Commonwealth Fellowship as a
graduate student in physics at Cornell University.
A Cambridge undergraduate in the early years of World War II, he became
a civilian technician with the Royal Air Force Bomber Command in
1941.
In 1957 he became a naturalized American citizen.
Famous writer of science books, a researcher into space travel and a
lecturer on disarmament.
He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to Enterprise.
Recognized theoretical physicist and mathematician.
He is nominated for the 2024 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Education & Science category.