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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.
Kip Thorne is an American physicist who contributed to the development of the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. He also consulted for the film Interstellar and has worked at Caltech and other universities.
May 28, 2024 · Kip Thorne, American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the first direct detection of gravity waves.
Biographical. My youth. I was born in 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA, a college town of 16,000, nestled in a verdant valley in the Rocky Mountains. My father, David Wynne Thorne, was a professor of soil chemistry at the Utah Agricultural College (since renamed Utah State University).
Oct 3, 2017 · Kip Thorne, a Princeton Graduate School alumnus, is one of three recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. Thorne joins Rainer Weiss and Barry Barish in winning the prize “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
Watch and read the interview with the 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics Kip S. Thorne, who shared the prize for his contributions to gravitational wave astronomy. Learn about his research, influences, collaborations, and interests in science and movies.
Kip Thorne. Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus. Caltech Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. B.S., Caltech, 1962; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965; D.Sc.h.c., Illinois College; Utah State University; University of Chicago; D.h.c., Moscow University; University of Glasgow; L.H.D.h.c., The Claremont Graduate University.
