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Kip Stephen Thorne (Logan, 1º giugno 1940) è un fisico teorico statunitense, specializzato in fisica della gravitazione e astrofisica e uno dei maggiori esperti mondiali di relatività generale. Nel 2017 ha ricevuto, insieme a Rainer Weiss e Barry Barish, il Premio Nobel per la fisica per il rilevamento delle onde gravitazionali
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
3 feb 2017 · Home Page of Kip S. Thorne. Address Caltech 350-17 Pasadena, CA 91125-0001 USA Phone: +1 626-395-4598 Phone 626-395-4280 JoAnn Boyd Administrative Assistant Fax 626-395-2366 Email kip [at]caltech.edu. Drawing by Glen Edwards, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
18 ott 2017 · Kip Thorne Gravity Award for the Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle in a Feature film, RAW Science Film Festival, for gravity in Interstellar, 2014 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media, National Space Society, for translating black hole and wormhole physics into accurate visual effects for Interstellar, 2015
19 mar 2024 · Kip Thorne (born June 1, 1940, Logan, Utah) American physicist who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the first direct detection of gravity waves.
3 ott 2017 · Video courtesy of SXS. Kip Thorne, a Princeton Graduate School alumnus, is one of three recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. Thorne joins Rainer Weiss and Barry Barish in winning the prize “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”.
Docente di Fisica teorica presso il California Institute of Technology di Pasadena fino al 2009, poi professore emerito, le sue ricerche si sono concentrate sullo studio dei buchi neri, delle stelle di neutroni e dei cunicoli spaziotemporali.
