Background
Frank Tipler was born on February 1, 1947 in Andalusia, Alabama, United States to Frank Jennings, Jr. and Anne (Kearley) Tipler.
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Ever since Copernicus, scientists have continually adjusted their view of human nature, moving it further and further from its ancient position at the center of Creation. But in recent years, a startling new concept has evolved that places it more firmly than ever in a special position. Known as the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, this collection of ideas holds that the existence of intelligent observers determines the fundamental structure of the Universe. In its most radical version, the Anthropic Principle asserts that "intelligent information-processing must come into existence in the Universe, and once it comes into existence, it will never die out." This wide-ranging and detailed book explores the many ramifications of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, covering the whole spectrum of human inquiry from Aristotle to Z bosons. Bringing a unique combination of skills and knowledge to the subject, John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler--two of the world's leading cosmologists--cover the definition and nature of life, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the interpretation of the quantum theory in relation to the existence of observers. The book will be of vital interest to philosophers, theologians, mathematicians, scientists, and historians, as well as to anyone concerned with the connection between the vastness of the universe of stars and galaxies and the existence of life within it on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way.
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1986
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Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scientifically proves the existence of God and the physical resurrection of the dead.
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1994
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Frank Tipler was born on February 1, 1947 in Andalusia, Alabama, United States to Frank Jennings, Jr. and Anne (Kearley) Tipler.
Tipler graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Bachelor of Science degree in 1969. After that he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from University of Maryland in 1976.
Tipler took several postdoctoral researcher positions in physics at three universities, with the final one being at the University of Texas, where he worked 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.
Tipler uses a term The Omega Point to describe a cosmological state in the distant proper-time future of the universe that he maintains is required by the known physical laws.
He has written books and papers on the Omega Point - a singularity, purposefully organized in the Universe by an intelligent life.
(Ever since Copernicus, scientists have continually adjust...)
1986(Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to ...)
1994Tipler married Jolanta Rokicka on November 23, 1986. The couple have 2 children - Allison Anne and Caroline N.