Kip Thorne

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Gender	Male
Age	83
Date of birth	June 1,1940
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Born	Logan
	Utah
	United States
Spouse	Carolee Joyce Winstein
	Linda Jean Peterson
Job	Astronomer
	Theoretical Physicist
Education	Princeton University
	California Institute of Technology
	Logan High School
	Department of Physics
Books	Modern classical physics: optics, fluids, plasmas, elasticity, relativity, and statistical physics
	The Science of Interstellar
	The Future of Spacetime
	Black Holes and Time Warps
	Quantum Measurement
	Gravitation
Children	Kares Anne
	Bret Carter
Movies/Shows	Interstellar
	The Science of Interstellar
	The Theory of Everything
	Hawking
	A Brief History of Time
Parents	D. Wynne Thorne
	Alison Thorne
Academic advisor	John Archibald Wheeler
Date of Reg.	2019-02-23 12:09:45
Date of Upd.	2023-08-06 16:40:47
ID	462153

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research
Albert Einstein Medal
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Lilienfeld Prize
Niels Bohr International Gold Medal
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Lewis Thomas Prize
Richtmyer Memorial Award
Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
Harvey Prize in Science and Technology
Nobel Prize in Physics

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Kip Thorne Life story

Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics.

Physics Nobel rewards science at the smallest scales

Oct 4,2022 6:10 am

... 2020 - Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the prize for their 2019 - James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz shared the prize for 2018 - Donna Strickland, Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou were awarded the prize for their 2017 - Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish earned the award 2016 - David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz shared the award for 2015 - were awarded the prize the discovery that neutrinos ...

Nobel physics prize: 'ground-breaking' win, for the planet, and Big Bang

Feb 16,2020 6:56 am

... follow Paul Previous winners of the Nobel prize in physics, computer simulation of gravitational waves from two merging black holes 2018 - Donna Strickland, Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou received the award for their 2017 - Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish earned the award...