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Listen to science of interstellar audiobook by kip thorne. Interstellar may be a preposterous epic, but it is an epic nonetheless. Correspondingly, some of the science is known to be true. Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker christopher nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our. A journey through the otherworldly science behind christopher nolans award winning film, interstellar, from executive producer and nobel. Why interstellars ending doesnt mean what you think it means.
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Inside the science of interstellar the physicist who advised interstellar explains the wild science behind the films otherworldly ideasshares. All rights and reservations provided to publishers of interstellar novelization by greg keyes, written by jonathon nolan and christopher nolan. A journey through the otherworldly science behind christopher nolans highly anticipated film, interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist kip thorne. The science of interstellar 2015 release info imdb. Interstellar is one of my favorite movies so when i saw the book the science of interstellar at barnes and noble and noticed it was written by the great theoretical physicist kip thorne i bought it right away.
Interstellar by greg keyes overdrive rakuten overdrive. From acclaimed filmmaker christopher nolan the dark knight triology, inception, this is the chronicle of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. The science of interstellar audiobook listen instantly. With interstellar we have another remarkable example, along with contact and gravity, of where the dreams and imagination of hollywood thrive on real science. The science of interstellar, book by kip thorne paperback.
Interstellar, an outerspace survivalist epic created by the director christopher nolan and his brother jonathan, with whom he cowrote the screenplay, is ardently, even fervently. Nov 07, 2014 interstellar may be a preposterous epic, but it is an epic nonetheless. Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker christopher nolan. Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist kip thorne. Jeremy schnittman in the pickford theater, third floor, madison building, library of congress, washington, d.
It topped the home video sales chart for a total of two weeks. It was reported that interstellar was the most pirated film of 2015, with an estimated 46. In an earlier blog post about christopher nolans latest blockbuster movie, interstellar, i lauded the film for its ambition, its. The voyager interstellar mission has the potential for obtaining useful interplanetary, and possibly interstellar, fields, particles, and waves science data until around the year 2020 when the spacecrafts ability to generate adequate electrical power for continued science instrument operation will come to an end. The science of interstellar audiobook, by kip thorne. The science of interstellar explained infographic by karl tate 07 november 2014. Nov 18, 2014 the second time i saw the movie, clued in by dr. Listen to science of interstellar by kip thorne at. The science of interstellar audiobook tantor media. In interstellar, the main characters are pursuing plan b for saving humanity, whereby a human colony will be established via frozen embryos. Smith 1911 1981 haedaeckers theory claims that realtime communications across space is.
The movie was marketed as being based on real science after watching the film, its clear that it is not that simple. The science of interstellar lies in all four domains. The science of interstellar audiobook by kip thorne. Thorne shares his experiences working as the science adviser on the film and. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Dec 18, 2015 kip thorne, the scientist behind the movie interstellar is coming to town specially to tell us about all the scientific facts that were depicted in the movie as well as all the work behind the scenes. In chapters on wormholes, black holes, interstellar travel, and much more, thornes scientific insightsmany of them triggered during the actual scripting and shooting of interstellardescribe the physical laws that govern our universe and the truly astounding phenomena that those laws make possible. Buy the science of interstellar book online at best prices in india on. It is a great tale on the human condition and encourages us to have hope even in the darkest of hours. The science of christopher nolans scifi, interstellar. Yet in the science of interstellar, kip thorne, the physicist who assisted nolan on the scientific aspects of interstellar, shows us tha. Written by kip thorne, audiobook narrated by eric michael summerer.
Nov 28, 2014 parsing the science of interstellar with physicist kip thorne. That didnt stop him from commenting on the casting choices in interstellar. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Unravel the mysteries of interstellar when neil degrasse tyson interviews filmmaker christopher nolan. The thoughtprovoking science behind interstellar the concept of time is really about loss. To really get interstellar, youll have to read kip.
Several years ago, he resigned as the feynman professor of theoretical physics from caltech in part to make movies. Which is why the emotional space odyssey hits so close to home, says cowriter jonathan nolan. Thorne was an executive producer for the 2014 film interstellar. The following is an excerpt from the science of interstellar, by kip thorne.
Parsing the science of interstellar with physicist kip thorne. Nov 07, 2014 kip thorne, a nobel prizewinning physicist and the feynman professor of theoretical physics emeritus at caltech, is the author of the bestselling books black holes and time warps and the science of interstellar. A journey through the otherworldly science behind christopher nolans awardwinning film, interstellar, from executive producer and nobel prizewinning physicist kip thorne. If youve recently been to the movie theaters to see christopher nolans latest film interstellar, you may have left the movie like omg, but possibly also like wtf. Yet in the science of interstellar, kip thorne, the physicist who assisted nolan on the scientific aspects of interstellar, shows us that the movies jawdropping events and stunning. Apr 22, 2016 the movie interstellar is a scifi thriller of epic proportions, involving everything from escaping earth due to climate change to wormholes and time dilation. Thorne has now written a book to accompany nolans movie, the science of interstellar, in which he tackles wormholes, black holes and much more.
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