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Kip Thorne
Kip Stephen Thorne
, (born June 1, 1940) is an
American
theoretical physicist
, known for his contributions in
gravitational physics
and
astrophysics
. A longtime friend and colleague of
Stephen Hawking
and
Carl Sagan
, he was the
Feynman
Professor of Theoretical Physics at the
California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) until 2009 and is one of the world's leading experts on the astrophysical implications of
Einstein's
general theory of relativity
. He continues to do scientific research and acted as a scientific consultant in the
science fiction film
Interstellar
.
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