Caltech’s Kip Thorne: Long Haul, Towering Discovery

On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) for the first time observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, which arrived at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. The discovery, which confirmed a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, was payoff for years of work by LIGO’s far-sighted founders.
Today LIGO is a scientific collaboration headquartered at Caltech that comprises more than 1,000 scientists from 90 research institutions in 16 countries. But before LIGO grew to become the largest-ever project funded by the National Science Foundation, it was an ambitious dream.
In this video, Kip Thorne, Caltech’s Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, talks about the years leading up to LIGO’s first detection of gravitational waves and how a small research team, their big vision, and decades of unwavering support opened a new window to the universe.
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Video produced by Caltech in association with Smartypants Pictures. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

[@GokuBlack-yg5kc]

Kip Thorne is honestly one of the most legendary scientists to ever exist.

[@ddorman365]

Thank you Caltech for the love and support,I`ts made all the difference to me and my continued learning and understanding of everything, peace and love, Doug.

[@hermannaftaliiek8683]

Kip, you're the greatest theoretical physicist in the world. So inspired of you

[@tardis4]

In my opinion, the greatest textbook ever published on gravitation is Misner, Thorne and Wheeler's book, "Gravitation".

[@christopherwoodcock8535]

Bob Zagarello I have ordered a copy . Is it really that good ?

[@ddorman365]

Thank you Kip, I hope we can be together soon in our collaboration on everything, peace and love, Doug.

[@snigdharoy2335]

and he has the Nobel!!!

[@n0yn0y]

This man is science!

[@cosmicwarriorx1]

Congratulations sir!! 👏👏👏👏

[@RP-fe8xo]

You are awesome Kip

[@christopherwoodcock8535]

Fantastic

[@rishavbanerjee5565]

Sir u r awesome..

[@priyanshu7821]

U r inspiration to me sir

[@tuhinshaikh96]

It matches the prediction of computer models ,😟😞 like a crying feeling 😯

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Langkowski]

What kind of society does we live in? I know that if one stops some random people on the street, some of them will be aware of LIGO and gravitational waves. But some will also have no idea what you are talking about and claim they have never heard about these things before. And if you tell them, you may get a "that's nice, dear"-look.

[@pacajalbert9018]

Kreslím novy obrany systém proti laserovim zbraňam zmena 🔀farby

[@pacajalbert9018]

Vo vesmírne musí byť línie keď vstúpite nohou s ne veríte nikdy sa to nestane že preskočiť z planéty na planétu