Ten fun facts about Kip S. Thorne

Fact 1
His book, "Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy" has been published in six different languages.

Fact 2
He is longtime friends with Stephen Hawking and the now deceased Carl Sagan.

Fact 3
After receiving a B.S. from Caltech and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, he became one of the youngest professors at the California Institute of Technology.

Fact 4
He has assisted at least 50 physicists in obtaining their Ph.D. at Caltech.

Fact 5
Thorne conducted research on whether or not time machines or wormholes actually exist. He was one of the first people to do so.

Fact 6
He has received numerous awards including, but not limited to, the Phi Beta Kappa Science Writing Award and the Albert Einstein Medal.

Fact 7
"Interstellar", a film directed by Christopher Nolan, is based on his theories of wormholes and gravity fields.

Fact 8
He predicted the theory that red supergiant stars existed.

Fact 9
He became interested in science when he was just 8 years old. He had attended a lecture on the solar system.

Fact 10
Not proven yet, he has a theory that there is an element allowing the expansion of the universe and possible warp drive technology.

More interesting reads about...

Stephen Hawking

Is a British theoretical physicist who made important contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

Richard Feynman

Was an American Theoretical Physicist known for his contributions to the development of quantum electro dynamics.

Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences