The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne
The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne
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The Science of Interstellar

Author: Kip Thorne

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/09/2015

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the physicist who assisted Nolan on the scientific aspects of Interstellar, shows us that the movie's jaw-dropping events and stunning, never-before-attempted visuals are grounded in real science.

Thorne shares his experiences working as the science adviser on the film and then moves on to the science itself. In chapters on wormholes, black holes, interstellar travel, and much more, Thorne's scientific insights—many of them triggered during the actual scripting and shooting of Interstellar—describe the physical laws that govern our universe and the truly astounding phenomena that those laws make possible.

About Kip Thorne

Kip Thorne is the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech, an executive producer for Interstellar, and the author of the bestselling Black Holes and Time Warps and other books. He lives in Pasadena, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on January 06, 2016

Astonishing reading! HOW CAN BE REAL THE SCIENCE ON INTERSTELLAR? If you watched the film (that definitely I recommend to do before of reading this research book), you may wonder how they can explain some key details that it seemed to be kinda farfetched on the movie. Since it does not matter h......more

Goodreads review by Riku on November 21, 2014

DO NOT GO HUMBLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT The book discusses the movie, so it is only fair that I use most of the space to discuss the movie as well. I will discuss the book itself in one of the sections below. To get a better understanding, we can break our discussion it up into three overlapping se......more

Goodreads review by exploraDora on May 15, 2020

***5 stars*** To put it simply: this book was B R I L L I A N T. If you've seen the movie Interstellar (and preferably liked it, too), then this book is for you. Personally, I am a huge sci-fi fan and a space opera enthusiast. I live for stories about our great unknown universe, far away stars and plan......more

Goodreads review by Gerhard on December 31, 2014

While it takes a book like this to remind us how cutting-edge and accurate Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar really was, author Kip S. Thorne (predictably) ignores what is perhaps the biggest idea of the movie. This idea has also proved the most polarising, with a range of critics and viewers labellin......more

Goodreads review by Liz on July 23, 2015

Before the review: I know that there were plenty of aspects in the movie inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. I know it, but I still cannot stand the "2001" movie. Watched it four times, each time was worse than the prior. There had never been another movie in my life which I found as boring as "2001"......more