Paul A. Tipler
Paul Allen Tipler (born April 12, 1933 in Antigo , Wisconsin ) is an American physicist and physics teacher, known for physics textbooks.
Tipler went to Oshkosh high school and graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in 1955. In 1962, he received his doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Illinois , while he was also teaching at Wesleyan University . After completing his doctorate, he was at Oakland University in Michigan, where he helped set up the physics curriculum.
His textbook Modern Physics , which was widely used in the USA , was first published in 1969, and his textbook Physics first appeared in 1976. In 1982 he gave up his post at the university and went to Berkeley , where he continued to write physics textbooks.
His hobbies include jazz piano, hiking, camping and poker.
Fonts
- with Gene Mosca: Physics for Scientists and Engineers , Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 8th edition 2019, ISBN 978-3662582800
(separat dazu erschien ein Arbeitsbuch)
- English original: Physics for Scientists and Engineers , 6th Edition, Freeman, San Francisco 2008
- with Ralph A. Llewellyn: Moderne Physik , Oldenbourg Verlag, 2nd edition 2009, ISBN 3486582755
- English original Modern Physics , Worth Publ. 1978
- Physics , Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1994, 2000
- College Physics , Worth Publishers 1987
Web links
- Biography published by Freeman
- Literature by and about Paul A. Tipler in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tipler, Paul A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tipler, Paul Allen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antigo |