My Romance with Caltech and with Black Holes - Kip S. Thorne - 2/27/2019

Earnest C. Watson Lecture and Robert F. Christy Lecture by Professor Kip S. Thorne, "My Romance with Caltech and with Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves."

The "warped side of the universe" - objects and phenomena made from warped space and time - was once mere speculation. In this talk, Caltech physicist Kip Thorne (BS '62), will describe how he and colleagues transformed a portion of that warped side (black holes and gravitational waves) into observed phenomena, and what they have learned about another portion (wormholes and time travel).

Kip S. Thorne is the Richard P. Feyman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy and a 2017 Nobel Laureate.

Learn more about:

- Kip S. Thorne's Research: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/index...
- 2018 - 19 Watson Lecture Series Season: https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-e...
- This lecture: https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-e...

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