Frank J. Tipler
| Frank Jennings Tipler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 1, 1947 Andalusia, Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD (Physics) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Maryland, College Park |
| Occupation | Mathematical physicist |
| Employer | Tulane University |
| Known for | Omega Point Theory |
| Website | http://tulane.edu/sse/pep/faculty-and-staff/faculty/frank-tipler.cfm |
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. Tipler has written books and papers on the Omega Point based on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's religious ideas, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. Some have argued that it is pseudoscience. He is also known for his theories on the Tipler cylinder time machine.
Tipler was born in Andalusia, Alabama, to Frank Jennings Tipler Jr., a lawyer, and Anne Tipler, a homemaker. From 1965 through 1969, Tipler attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he completed a bachelor of science degree in physics. In 1976 he completed his PhD with the University of Maryland. Tipler was next hired in a series of postdoctoral researcher positions in physics at three universities, with the final one being at the University of Texas, working under John Archibald Wheeler, Abraham Taub, Rainer K. Sachs, and Dennis W. Sciama. Tipler became an Associate Professor in mathematical physics in 1981, and a full Professor in 1987 at Tulane University, where he has been a faculty member ever since.
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