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| Born | Kip Stephen Thorne, June 1, 1940, Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Gravitational physics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, Cornell University |
| Education | California Institute of Technology (B.S.), Princeton University (M.S, Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Geometrodynamics of cylindrical systems (1965) |
| Doctoral students | William L. Burke, Carlton M. Caves, Lee Samuel Finn, Sándor J. Kovács, David L. Lee, Alan Lightman, Don N. Page, William H. Press, Richard H. Price, Bernard F. Schutz, Saul Teukolsky, Clifford Martin Will |
| Known for | Thorne-Żytkow object, Roman arch, Thorne-Hawking-Preskill bet, LIGO, Gravitational waves, Gravitation |
| Notable awards | Lilienfeld Prize (1996), Albert Einstein Medal (2009), Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016), Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016), Shaw Prize (2016), Kavli Prize (2016), Harvey Prize (2016), Princess of Asturias Award (2017), Nobel Prize in Physics (2017), Lewis Thomas Prize (2018) |
| Children | 2 |
About Kip Thorne
Physicist Kip Thorne was born in Utah, United States on June 1, 1940. He's 83 years old today.
He studied relativity, black holes, red giants, wormholes, gravitational waves, and the possibility of time travel, and made significant contributions to the theoretical physics sub-fields of astrophysics and gravitational physics. In 1996, he received the Lilienfeld Prize, and in 2009, he received the Einstein Medal.
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Kip Thorne before becoming famous
Kip Thorne was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1940 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).
He began a renowned teaching career at his undergraduate alma mater after receiving his bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology and his doctorate from Princeton University.
Achievement of Kip Thorne
He served as a scientific consultant and executive producer on Christopher Nolan's feature picture Interstellar, which was released in 2014.
Kip Thorne's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He was born in Logan, Utah, to chemistry professor D. Wynne Thorne and economics professor Alison Cornish Thorne, and raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His marriage to Linda Jean Peterson produced two children, Bret and Kares, before terminating in divorce; he later married Carolee Joyce Winstein, a biokinesiology professor.
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Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr associate Physicist John Archibald Wheeler were Thorne's PhD advisors at Princeton University.
Kip Thorne Income & Net worth
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