Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne
General Information
Name	Kip Thorne
Gender	Male
Nationality	American
Occupation	Astrophysicist
Actor	Kip Thorne
Production
First episode	The Laureate Accumulation The Egg Salad Equivalency (mentioned only)

Dr. Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is a theoretical astrophysicist and Nobel laureate, known for his work in gravitational physics. Dr. Thorne is the Caltech Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus and one of the world's foremost experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity. In 2017, he along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the observation of gravitational waves.

Character Information

In "The Laureate Accumulation", the Coopers are trying to get some Nobel winners on their side to counter their rivals' publicity tour. No one is interested because Sheldon has insulted everyone in the scientific community. First they send cookies to various prospects. Kip refuses to accept Sheldon Cooper's package.

Trivia

• In "The Egg Salad Equivalency", Alex invites Leonard to join her in attending a lecture on subatomic spacetime by Caltech theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. Leonard then states that the lecture is Thorne's take on John Wheeler's quantum foam. A world renowned relativist, John Wheeler had mentored Kip Thorne as his doctoral adviser (as Wheeler likewise was to Richard Feynman) and devised the concept of quantum foam in the year 1955.
• As the Richard Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus, Kip Thorne is retired. However, he still engages in research — evidenced by the continued publication of technical articles in refereed physics journals after attaining emeritus status in 2009 — as a member of the TAPIR (Theoretical Astrophysics Including Relativity) group. For further reading on his work refer to his biosketch and the article Crunch Time.
• Dr. Thorne was a longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan.
• Dr. Thorne's work on the film Interstellar is documented here. He published two peer-reviewed papers on it as well, Gravitational lensing by spinning black holes in astrophysics, and in the movie Interstellar and Visualizing Interstellar's Wormhole.

Gallery

• Nobel Prizes winners and candidates.
• Professor Kip Thorne.
• The Hofstadters asking Professor Thorne to come.
• Professor Kip Thorne.
• Professor Thorne.
• Pass.
• Trapping them with a complicated scientific question.
• Professor Thorne watching.
• We get all these accolades...
• So if anyone is going to feel like they have imposter's syndrome it's us.
• We’re the ones who discovered super-asymmetry.
• You're imposters and you're frauds.
• You're imposters and you're frauds.
• Professor Thorne.
• Visiting Professor Thorne.

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