Born: 1940-06-01 in Logan, UT, USA
Gender: male
Field: American physicist and writer (born 1940)
Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist and writer 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.
Awarded on: 2017-10-03
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
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