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Kip S. Thorne

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June 01, 1940

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Kip Stephen Thorne 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.
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 and speaks of the astrophysical implications of the general theory of relativity. He continues to do scientific research and scientific consulting, most notably for the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar. ...more

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	Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne, Stephen W. Hawking (Foreword) 4.23 avg rating — 13,806 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Interstellar by Kip S. Thorne, Christopher Nolan (Foreword) 4.30 avg rating — 7,162 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves 4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Classical Physics: Optics, Fluids, Plasmas, Elasticity, Relativity, and Statistical Physics by Kip S. Thorne, Roger D. Blandford 4.47 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) by Kip S. Thorne (Editor), Douglas A. MacDonald (Editor), Richard H. Price (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relativity, Elementary Particles and Black Holes by Kip S. Thorne, Gerard t' Hooft 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agujeros negros y tiempo curvo: El escandaloso legado de Einstein by Kip S. Thorne, Javier García Sanz (translator) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gravitational Radiation by Kip S. Thorne, Brian Thorne 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics: Volume 3 of Modern Classical Physics by Kip S. Thorne, Roger D. Blandford 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Optics: Volume 2 of Modern Classical Physics by Kip S. Thorne, Roger D. Blandford 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth,”
― Kip S. Thorne, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

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“Everything likes to live where it will age the most slowly, and gravity pulls it there.”
― Kip S. Thorne, The Science of Interstellar

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“An explosion in space makes no sound, as there is no air to transmit the sound waves.”
― Kip S. Thorne, The Science of Interstellar

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