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Kip Thorne
Physicist, Academic
1940 –
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Who is Kip Thorne?
Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology until 2009 and one of the world's leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity. He continues to do scientific research, and is reported to work on the 2014 science-fiction film Interstellar.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1940
Logan - Also known as
- Kip Stephen Thorne
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology
Physics
( - 1962) - PhD, Princeton University
Physics
( - 1965)
- Bachelor of Science, California Institute of Technology
- Employment
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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