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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.
Born: 1 June 1940, Logan, UT, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration, ; California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”. Prize share: 1/4.
Feb 3, 2017 · Home Page of Kip S. Thorne, The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology Address Caltech 350-17
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).
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.
Kip S. Thorne: Curriculum Vitae. Personal Data. Born June 1, 1940, Logan, Utah, USA, son of Professors D. Wynne Thorne and Alison C. Thorne. Married Linda Jean Peterson, September 12, 1960; divorced July 1977. Children Kares Anne, Bret Carter.
Kip S. Thorne: Imagination and creativity are really very crucial, particularly for the big leaps of understanding.
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.”
Kip S. Thorne shared the 2016 Kavli Prize in astrophysics for the direct detection of gravitational waves.
Kip Stephen Thorne was born in Logan, Utah, in June 1940, and raised in a Mormon, academic home with four siblings of whom two are also professors. Thorne is now an atheist. He earned his BSc at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1962, and his PhD just three years later at Princeton.
