Frank J. Tipler
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
(504) 862-3449
Office Address
305 Gibson Hall
School of Science & Engineering
Courses Taught
ASTR 1000 – Descriptive Astronomy
PHYS 1190 – Omega Point Theory
PHYS 1210/1220 – Introductory Physics I & II
PHYS 6750 – Modern Cosmology
PHYS 7240 – Electromagnetic Theory II
Education & Affiliations
Ph.D., 1976, University of Maryland
S.B., 1969, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
- 1987 – Present: Professor, Tulane University
- 1992: Visiting Professor, Universität Wien
- 1989: Visiting Professor, Universität Bern
- 1988: Visiting Professor, Institut d’Astrophysique, University of Liége
- 1987: Visiting Fellow, University of Sussex
- 1981 – 1987: Associate Professor, Tulane University
- 1986: Visiting Senior Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik and Astrophysik, Munich
- 1985: University of Sussex, Visiting Fellow
- 1979 – 1981: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin
- 1979: Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University
- 1976 – 1979: NSF Research Mathematician, University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests
Math
Recent Publications
F. J. Tipler, "God in the Equations," Nature 369, 198 (1994).
F. J. Tipler, "The Physics of Immortality," (Doubleday, New York,1994).
F. J. Tipler, "Rigorous Newtonian Cosmology," American Journal of Physics 64, 1311-1315 (1996).
ematical Physics, Cosmology
