Kip Thorne

GPTKB entity

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National Academy of Sciences member
American Physical Society Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-06-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Logan,_Utah,_United_States
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkb:Charles_W._Misner
gptkb:Igor_Novikov
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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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gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
astrophysics
gravitational physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kip_Stephen_Thorne
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kip Thorne
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:LIGO
black holes
gravitational waves
time travel theories
wormholes
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2017
decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Black_Holes_and_Time_Warps:_Einstein's_Outrageous_Legacy
gptkb:Gravitation_(book)
gptkb:The_Science_of_Interstellar
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
author
gptkbp:position Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Carolee_Joyce_Winstein
gptkb:Linda_Jean_Peterson
gptkbp:website https://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/
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