Kip Thorne

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astrophysicist author human science communicator theoretical physicist

Kip Thorne is an American theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in gravitation and astrophysics, including black holes and gravitational waves, and for co-founding the LIGO project.

Aliases (2)

Kip S. Thorne ×2
Kip Stephen Thorne ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astrophysicist → author → human → science communicator → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
advisorOf	Rainer Weiss (LIGO collaboration leadership context) →
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Medal → Dirac Medal → Gruber Prize in Cosmology → Kavli Prize in Astrophysics → Nobel Prize in Physics →
coFounderOf	LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1940-06-01 →
doctoralAdvisor	John Archibald Wheeler →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → Princeton University →
employer	California Institute of Technology →
familyName	Thorne →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → general relativity → gravitation → gravitational-wave physics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Kip Stephen Thorne →
givenName	Kip →
hasChild	two children →
hasWritten	popular science books on gravitation and cosmology →
influencedBy	Albert Einstein → John Archibald Wheeler →
knownFor	co-founding the LIGO project → contributions to relativistic astrophysics → research on wormholes → work on black holes → work on gravitational waves →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences (United States) →
nobelCoLaureate	Barry C. Barish → Rainer Weiss →
nobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves →
nobelPrizeYear	2017 →
notableIdea	traversable wormholes as potential time machines →
notableWork	Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy → The Science of Interstellar →
placeOfBirth	Logan, Utah, United States →
positionHeld	Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech →
residence	Pasadena, California, United States →
spouse	Carolee Joyce Winstein → Linda Jean Peterson (divorced) →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kip Thorne ("Kip Stephen Thorne") →	fullName
Albert Einstein Medal ("Kip S. Thorne") →	hasRecipient
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar
Robert F. Christy ("Kip S. Thorne") →	notableStudent
John Archibald Wheeler →	student
Interstellar →	writtenInCollaborationWith