PositiveNature\"The patterns Dyson says he made were first those of ideas in mathematics and physics, and then those in his writing about literature and history. Readers might hope that Dyson’s own pattern — the reference frame in which his remarkable range becomes a coherent whole — would be found in his letters. As a writer who has interviewed Dyson, I would advise against such hope. The letters read like a travel journal written for people he loves and trusts ... Maybe with some people, you don’t look for patterns. You just enjoy their multivariate company.\
