Talk:Kip Thorne
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What is "warpage and the quantum" supposed to mean in this article? --Constantine Evans 03:51, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- The above question is an example of "wide-eyed optimism." It assumes that the person who used the phrase "warpage and the quantum" actually had an interest in communicating an idea to another person. Most likely, this hieratic pronouncement was meant to amaze and impress. Professor Thorne learned the technique from Professor Wheeler, who appears to derive much amusement from such assertions. "Warpage and the quantum" is meant to be stated with a condescending smile. If anyone presumes to ask its meaning, a perfect silence follows.152.163.101.9 13:41, 16 November 2005 (UTC)PythagoreanBrotherhood
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- This is an incredibly late reply, but I would like to note that my question was not intended as wide-eyed optimism, but as skepticism. "Warpage and the quantum" doesn't make sense to me. I've never heard Kip say this, and have only heard one sane person use "warpage" (somone with LIGO, if I recall). I've removed it until someone can come up with a way to explain it. --Constantine Evans 07:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Real name
I was just reading the history of this Article, and it would seem that the name had been frequently changed from Kip S Thorne to Kip Dent. Has Kip ever been known as the latter? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WASTREL (talk • contribs) 17:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC).
- I don't think so. That name change occurred just once, earlier this week, and was part of a vandalism spree. Also notice that the Kip Dent move was followed by a second move to an obviously absurd name. ×Meegs 18:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mr.Thorne
Thank you meegs; that is very helpful. But why would somebody want to vandalise Mr. Thorne? Anyway, I was also wondering whether what is said about Mr. Thorne being the first person to conduct research on time travel was true? Surely that has been something that man has looked into scientifically for hundreds, if not thousands of years? WASTREL 14:32, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia
I removed the following content from the article. It is trivia without sources and of dubious value and accuracy. Please refer to WP:BLP for Wikipedia policy on biographies of living persons.
- A tale revealing of his brilliance: In the middle of a Caltech presentation entitled Einstein and the Astronomers: Testing Relativity 1914-1933, Kip Thorne was called upon to check the accuracy of a figure concerning the famed orbital anomaly (i.e., the precession of the perihelion) of Mercury that had baffled astronomers until Einstein provided an explanation. He quickly provided the solution on a manila folder, stating "it's 43 seconds of arc per century, not 0.43", and deconstructed the parlor trick he employed in a way that would make sense to only a few people on the planet.
- One of Thorne's greatest mentors has been John Wheeler. It was because of Wheeler that Thorne became so well known throughout the world.
- Kip Thorne knew Richard Feynman, another famous student of John Wheeler, and idolizes Albert Einstein, "the patron saint of relativity".
--Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lapsed Mormon
The infobox says he is a "lapsed Mormon". I find this rather oxymoronic, if he used to be a Mormon but "lapsed" out of it, why call him a Mormon? Or is he a practicing Mormon, but somehow not quite up to the standards, or what? Or is it that he simply grew up in a Mormon family? In any case, "lapsed Mormon" makes little sense to me. If there will be no objections, I'll remove it in a while. If anyone knows what his religious affiliation is or whether he has any, please fill it in. Naphra 19:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Removed. (Forgot to log in, though.) Naphra 01:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
