Kip Thorne

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Charles_Misner
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Einstein_Prize
gptkbp:born June 1, 1940
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
Giorgio Parisi
gptkbp:contribution science communication
theoretical framework for gravitational waves
theoretical predictions of black hole mergers
gptkbp:education gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:field theoretical physics
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:The_Fabric_of_the_Cosmos
gptkb:The_Universe
Interstellar
Through the Wormhole
gptkbp:founder gptkb:LIGO
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kip Thorne
gptkbp:influence science fiction
popular science
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Brian_Greene
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:involved gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
Event Horizon Telescope
gptkbp:knownFor gravitational physics
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Andrew_Strominger
gptkb:David_K._M._K._Wong
gptkb:Sean_Carroll
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Black_Holes_and_Time_Warps
gptkbp:publications gptkb:The_Science_of_Interstellar
gptkb:Black_Holes:_The_Reith_Lectures
Gravitation
The_Physics_of_Time_Travel
gptkbp:researchContribution astrophysics
cosmological models
stellar dynamics
theoretical astrophysics
time travel
relativity
wormholes
quantum_gravity
gptkbp:researchFocus cosmology
gravitational waves
black holes
gptkbp:residence gptkb:California
gptkbp:spouse Carole_Thorne