Kip S. Thorne(1940)
PhysicsKip S. Thorne is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (2017) from United States. They have received 9 major awards in total. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at Princeton University and Logan High School. They have been affiliated with Princeton University.
United StatesCalifornia Institute of Technology
9
Major Awards
202
Publications
27,653
Citations
66
h-index
106
i10-index
136.9
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#8
Spin-induced orbital precession and its modulation of the gravitational waveforms from merging binaries.
Physical Review D, Particles and fields(1994)
376
citations
Recent Publications
View all works0citations
Gravitational Wave Detectors—Past, Present, and Future
Frontiers for Young Minds2024
0citations
Open Access0citations
Advanced LIGO: non-Gaussian beams
Classical and Quantum Gravity2004
24citations
Open Access0citations
Gravitational Radiation
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences1995
0citations
Open AccessGravitational Waves:
Critical Problems in Physics1995
0citations
Spin-induced orbital precession and its modulation of the gravitational waveforms from merging binaries.
Physical Review D, Particles and fields1994
376citations
Open Access0citations
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
RW
Rainer Weiss
Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)
BC
Barry C. Barish
Nobel Prize in Physics (2017)
MM
Michel Mayor
Wolf Prize in Physics (2017)
DQ
Didier Queloz
Wolf Prize in Physics (2017)
RD
Ronald Drever
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
AB
Arthur B. McDonald
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Takaaki Kajita
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
LT
LIGO Team
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
KN
Kōichirō Nishikawa
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Kam-Biu Luk
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
YW
Yifang Wang
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
YS
Yōichirō Suzuki
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Education
Princeton University(Doctor)
Logan High School
California Institute of Technology(Bachelor of Science)
Doctoral Advisors
Saul A. TeukolskyWilliam H. PressCarlton M. CavesClifford Martin WillAlan LightmanRichard H. PriceDon PageBernard F. SchutzDavid L. LeeMike MorrisRafael SorkinSándor J. KovácsWei-Tou NiWilliam L. BurkeWilliam Morris KinnersleyLee Samuel FinnJames R. IpserGeoffrey LovelaceRichard O'ShaughnessyBenjamin J. OwenIlya MandelMichele VallisneriBonny L. SchumakerYan-Bei ChenScott Alexander HughesÉanna Eamonn FlanaganWai-Mo SuenKenneth Charles JacobsJohn Joseph DyklaWalter De LogiMark Edward ZimmermannRichard Alan FlammangYekta GürselIan H. RedmountDouglas Alan MacdonaldUlvi YurtseverXiao-He ZhangGunnar KlinkhammerFernando EcheverriaGarrett BiehleDragoljub MarkovicTheocharis A. ApostolatosFintan RyanDaniel KennefickYuri LevinTeviet D. CreightonYuk Tung LiuKashif AlviPatricia Marie PurdueYi PanHua FangPavlin SavovChao LiJohn Archibald Wheeler
Career Timeline
University of Utah?–present
Princeton University1965–1966
California Institute of Technology1967–present
Leiden University2009–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Charles Bennett
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023)
Roger Penrose
Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)
David Spergel
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
Lyman Page
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)
Adam G. Riess
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015)
Saul Perlmutter
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015)
Brian P. Schmidt
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015)
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
Data Sources
Profile data aggregated from OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Wikidata, ORCID, and curated award records. Citation metrics may vary between sources.