Kip S. Thorne
Autore di Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
Sull'Autore
Kip S. Thorne is the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and the author of three other books, including (with John Wheeler and Charles Misner) Gravitation. He is the 1994 recipient of the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.
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- Nome legale
- Thorne, Kip Stephen
- Data di nascita
- 1940-06-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Logan, Utah, USA
- Istruzione
- California Institute of Technology (BS | 1962)
Princeton University (PhD | 1965) - Attività lavorative
- professor
theoretical physicist
astrophysicist - Organizzazioni
- California Institute of Technology
International Committee on General Relativity and Gravitation
National Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board
Committee on US-USSR Cooperation in Physics
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences (mostra tutto 9)
Russian Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (formerly) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Phi Beta Kappa (Science Writing Award)
American Physical Society's Lilienfeld Prize
German Astronomical Society's Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Robinson Prize in Cosmology
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society's Common Wealth Awards for Science and Invention
California Science Center's California Scientist of the Year Award (2003) (mostra tutto 15)
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Danforth Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fulbright Fellowship
Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)
UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal (2010)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016)
Albert Einstein Medal (2009)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (2016)
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- ISBN
- 58
- Lingue
- 13
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Once a reader embarks on the journey of discovery through this book, it is hard to turn back. Thorne manages to keep one interested, with each topic and chapter logically following from the last. He uses numerous diagrams, photographs and simple language to enlighten the reader. For example his illustration of how stars of various mass 'die' gives a masterful introductory explanation into white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes in one diagram!
This book not only describes complex cosmological phenomena, but gives concise accounts of the people involved and their political and social influences. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the mysteries of space and leaves the reader contented that he now has at least some comprehension of phenomena that everyone seems to have heard about (quasers, pulsars, neutron stars, black holes) but few understand.… (altro)