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Also Known As Kip Stephen Thorne
Born June 1, 1940 (age 84) • Logan • Utah
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2017)
Subjects Of Study astrophysics • black hole • general relativity • gravitational wave • gravity • wave

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Rainer Weiss
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Albert Einstein
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John C. Mather
John C. Mather
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William Fowler
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George F. Smoot, 2006.
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Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
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Antony Hewish
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Wolfgang Pauli, 1945.
Wolfgang Pauli
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A.A. Michelson.
A.A. Michelson
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