In this episode of pplpod, we explore the life and mind of Kip Thorne, the celebrated American theoretical physicist who has bridged the gap between hard science and Hollywood,. We discuss his monumental achievement in winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics, alongside Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, for their contributions to the LIGO detector and the historic direct observation of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime caused by colliding black holes,.

Join us as we break down Thorne’s complex research into the "warped side" of the universe, including:

• Black Hole Cosmology: His formulation of the "hoop conjecture," which defines the conditions necessary for an imploding star to become a black hole, and his work on the "membrane paradigm",.
• Time Travel & Wormholes: His famous—and ...