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Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic

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Kip Thorne

American physicist, writer, and Nobel Laureate (born 1940)

Kip Stephen Thorne is an American theoretical physicist and writer known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and…
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June 1

Day of the year

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 213 days remain until the end of the year.
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