Kip Thorne, 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 …

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the …

Feb 3, 2017 · Home Page of Kip S. Thorne, The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the …

2017 [Curator’s note: The following material quotes and paraphrases extensively from articles posted by the Nobel Prize Committee and The Princeton Alumni Weekly.] Nobel Prize in Physics The Nobel …

B.S., Caltech, 1962; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965; D.Sc.h.c., Illinois College; Utah State University; University of Chicago; D.h.c., Moscow University ...

Kip S. Thorne life storyThe three astrophysics laureates on stage at the ceremony in Oslo; from left Ronald W.P. Drever's representative, Rainer Weiss and Kip S. Thorne (Photo credit: Thomas Brun, …

Jun 3, 2025 · Kip Thorne is a Nobel-winning physicist known for breakthroughs in gravitational waves, black holes, and astrophysics.

Kip Thorne. Producer: Interstellar. Kip Thorne was born on 1 June 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Interstellar (2014), Focal Point (2025) and The Big Bang Theory (2007). …

Kip S. Thorne was born on June 1, 1940, in Logan, UT, to D. Wynne Thorne (a professor of soil chemistry) and Alison C. Thorne (an economist and community activist). Thorne received his B.S. in …