Background
Purrington, Robert Daniel was born on April 11, 1936 in Alamosa, Colorado, United States. Son of Robert George and Edith Brooke (Meanley) Purrington.
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El presente trabajo es un análisis minucioso y completo de la evolución del concepto del universo, que cuenta con la ventaja de estar elaborado por científicos en activo y no por historiadores de la ciencia. Así pues, partiendo de la física y de la astronomía, los autores abordan la cosmología desde el punto de vista de cómo el hombre ha percibido el universo en las distintas épocas.
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Durham and Purrington approach the history of the universe by exploring the frontiers of physics, while maintaining a long-standing interest in astronomy and cosmology. They stress that man can not fully understand himself until he understands the universe, of which he is a part.
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Purrington, Robert Daniel was born on April 11, 1936 in Alamosa, Colorado, United States. Son of Robert George and Edith Brooke (Meanley) Purrington.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1958; Master of Science, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1966.
Assistant, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Research Foundation, College Station, 1964-1966; assistant professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1966-1970; associate professor, Tulane University, 1970-1975; professor physics, Tulane University, since 1975; department chairman physics, Tulane University, 1979-1985; director, Tulane University (Cunningham Observatory), since 1972.
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Served to Second lieutenant United States Army, 1958-1959. Member American Physical Society, Society History of Physics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi KappaPhi.
Married Ethel Loraine Smith, September 12, 1959. Children: Jaqueline Brooke, Stpehen Daniel, Jennifer Ann, Christopher Wilson.