K. S. Thorne

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gptkbp:author gptkb:Black_Holes_and_Time_Warps:_Einstein's_Outrageous_Legacy
gptkb:The_Science_of_Interstellar
gptkb:Gravitation
Modern Classical Physics
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardedFor decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
gptkbp:awardYear 2017
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-06-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Logan,_Utah,_United_States
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gptkbp:co-recipient gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
gptkb:Barry_C._Barish
gptkbp:consultedFor gptkb:Interstellar_(film)
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
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gptkb:Anna_Żytkow
gptkb:Beverly_Berger
gptkb:Clifford_M._Will
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gptkb:Robert_Wald
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gptkb:Janna_Levin
gptkb:Lee_Smolin
Stanisław Woosley
gptkbp:editor 300 Years of Gravitation
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astrophysics
gravitational physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kip_Stephen_Thorne
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label K. S. Thorne
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work on black holes
gravitational waves
wormholes
time travel speculation
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
author
gptkbp:position Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Carolee_Joyce_Winstein
gptkbp:website https://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/
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