Thanks Dave, I'll have a look see about bringing Kip Thorne back to his old stomping grounds - i.e., Utah, to see if he would be willing to make a presentation to SLAS. Never hurts to ask :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 5:19:52 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravitational Waves I'm pretty sure Kip Thorne is at Caltech. Rip Torn...I loved him in "Men in Black" and "Down Periscope", two of his more recent appearances. Too bad, he passed away. Dave
On Feb 13, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
I don't think Hawking is a fan of Einstein, not an opponent, just trying to build upon and/or get around some of Einstein's theories. Do you know where Thorne is these days? I keep mixing Kip Thorne with Rip Torn who was an elderly comedian many years ago. Talk about a contrast of personalities.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gary" <davegary@me.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 1:39:32 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Gravitational Waves
Stephen Hawking? What about Kip Thorne? He predicted over 30 years ago that the first likely gravitational-wave candidate would be the merger of a binary black hole system. Pretty prescient, I'd say. Besides, he’s a native of Utah (born in Logan) and was once a professor at the University of Utah.
Dave
On [Feb 13], at [Feb 13] 12:51 PM, Joan Carman wrote:
I would think this board would be abuzz with the news.
http://www.seeker.com/gravitational-waves-discovery-1598074959.html
Dale caught it first, but IMHO the link he provided to an astronomy.com article was probably the most poorly written scientific announcement ever written .
This is really exciting news. Wonder what Stephen Hawkings is thinking righr now _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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