Kip Thorne

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kip Thorne
Occupation	Physicist
Date Of Birth	Jun 1, 1940(1940-06-01)
Age	84
Birthplace	Utah
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Gemini

Kip Thorne Biography

Kip Thorne is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on June 1, 1940 in Utah, Utah, United States. Notable for his contributions to the theoretical physics sub-fields of astrophysics and gravitational physics, he investigated relativity, black holes, red giants, wormholes, gravitational waves, and the possibility of time travel. He was awarded the Lilienfeld Prize in 1996 and the Einstein Medal in 2009.

Thorne’s Princeton University doctoral advisor was Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr associate John Archibald Wheeler.

Raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he grew up in Logan, Utah, as the child of chemistry professor D. Wynne Thorne and economics professor Alison Cornish Thorne. Before ending in divorce, his marriage to Linda Jean Peterson produced children named Bret and Kares; he later married biokinesiology professor Carolee Joyce Winstein.

Kip Thorne Net Worth

Kip Thorne is one of the richest Physicist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kip Thorne 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After earning his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology and his doctorate from Princeton University, he began a distinguished teaching career at his undergraduate alma mater.

He contributed to the 2014 Christopher Nolan-directed feature film Interstellar as both a scientific consultant and an executive producer.

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Who is Kip Thorne Dating?

According to our records, Kip Thorne married to Carolee Joyce Winstein , Linda Jean Peterson. As of December 1, 2023, Kip Thorne’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Kip Ranked on the list of most popular Physicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kip Thorne celebrates birthday on June 1 of every year.

Why did Kip Thorne win a Nobel?

Kip Thorne, in full Kip Stephen 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.

What did Kip Thorne do for Interstellar?

Thorne contributed ideas on wormhole travel to Carl Sagan for use in his novel Contact. Thorne and his friend, producer Lynda Obst, also developed the concept for the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar. He also wrote a tie-in book, The Science of Interstellar.

Does Kip Thorne still work at Caltech?

Kip Thorne was born in Logan, Utah. His father was an agronomist and his mother an economist. After studies at the California Institute of Technology, he obtained his doctor’s degree at Princeton University in 1965. The following year he returned to the California Institute of Technology, and he has worked there since.

What did Kip Thorne say he wanted to be 8 years old?

Kip S. Thorne: I grew up in Logan, Utah, which is high in the Rocky Mountains, altitude nearly 2,000 meters. We had deep snow when I was growing up so obviously, and before I was eight years old, I wanted to be a driver of a snow plow because you could push the snow to such great heights.

Can a wormhole exist?

Einstein’s theory of general relativity mathematically predicts the existence of wormholes, but none have been discovered to date. A negative mass wormhole might be spotted by the way its gravity affects light that passes by.