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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.
Feb 3, 2017 · Home Page of Kip S. Thorne, The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology.
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.
Learn about the life and achievements of Kip S. Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at Caltech. He is a renowned theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, and co-recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of gravitational waves.
Interview with the 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics Kip S. Thorne on 6 December 2017 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Read the interview. Kip S. Thorne answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): 0:06 – Why did you decide to become a physicist? 1:28 – What do you enjoy about science?
