Kip Thorne

Professor Emeritus of California Institute of Technology, an American theoretical physicist, was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to LIGO detectors and gravitational wave detection. He is one of the leaders in the research of general relativity theory and experiments in the field of astrophysics in the world today., His co authored book \Gravity\ has become a standard reading material for graduate courses in general relativity. He is also the author of best-selling books \Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Extraterrestrial Legacy\ and \The Science of lnterstellar. Scientific advisor and executive producer for the movie 'Star Trek'.