I emailed the author on that very point, and she said the decision to use "Dr Dyson" was an informed choice made by an editor and was out of her hands.

Thank you. I think that is editorial overreach and given Dyson's stated views, very disrespectful.

He did have “two dozen” Dr.h.c.’s though [1]

[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/freeman-d...