Frank J. Tipler

Frank Jennings Tipler
Born (1947-02-01) February 1, 1947 (age 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
University of Maryland, College Park (PhD)
OccupationMathematical physicist
EmployerTulane University
Known forOmega point cosmology
Tipler cylinder
Hart–Tipler conjecture
Websitehttps://sse.tulane.edu/node/3550

Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.[2] 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. He is also known for his theories on the Tipler cylinder time machine. His work has attracted criticism, most notably from Quaker and systems theorist George Ellis, who has argued that his theories are largely pseudoscience.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rooney1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tipler, Frank J (2007). "Biography". Tulane University.
  3. ^ Ellis, George Francis Rayner (1994). "Piety in the Sky". Nature. 371 (6493): 115. Bibcode:1994Natur.371..115E. doi:10.1038/371115a0. S2CID 36282720.