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Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne
Thorne in 2022
Born
Kip Stephen Thorne

(1940-06-01) June 1, 1940 (age 84)
Logan, Utah, U.S.
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS)
Princeton University (MS, PhD)
Known forGravitation (1973)
Gravitational-wave astronomy
Hoop conjecture
LIGO
Membrane paradigm
Roman arch
Hartle–Thorne metric
Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet
Thorne-Żytkow object
Spouses
Linda Jean Peterson
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(m. 1960; div. 1977)​
Carolee Joyce Winstein
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(m. 1984)​
Children2
AwardsLilienfeld Prize (1996)
Albert Einstein Medal (2009)[1]
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016)
Shaw Prize (2016)
Kavli Prize (2016)
Harvey Prize (2016)
Princess of Asturias Award (2017)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)
Lewis Thomas Prize (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Gravitational physics
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
Cornell University
ThesisGeometrodynamics of cylindrical systems (1965)
Doctoral advisorJohn Archibald Wheeler
Doctoral studentsWilliam L. Burke[2]
Carlton M. Caves
Lee Samuel Finn
Sándor J. Kovács
David L. Lee
Alan Lightman
Don N. Page
William H. Press
Richard H. Price
Bernard F. Schutz
Sherry Suyu[3]
Saul Teukolsky
Clifford Martin Will

Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and writer known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.[4][5][6][7]

A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) until 2009[8] and speaks of the astrophysical implications of the general theory of relativity. He continues to do scientific research and scientific consulting, a notable example of which was for the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar.[9][10]

  1. ^ "einstein medal". Einstein-bern.ch. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kip Stephen Thorne". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Kip Stephen Thorne". AstroGen. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017". The Nobel Foundation. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  5. ^ Rincon, Paul; Amos, Jonathan (October 3, 2017). "Einstein's waves win Nobel Prize". BBC News. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Overbye, Dennis (October 3, 2017). "2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to LIGO Black Hole Researchers". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  7. ^ Kaiser, David (October 3, 2017). "Learning from Gravitational Waves". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  8. ^ "Kip S. Thorne: Biographical Sketch". www.its.caltech.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  9. ^ Kevin P. Sullivan (December 16, 2013). "Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Trailer: Watch Now". MTV. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  10. ^ "Watch Exclusive: The Science of Interstellar - WIRED - WIRED Video - CNE". WIRED Videos. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.

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