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Caltech Gravitational Wave Theory Group

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1968

Kip Stephen Thorne1968

Pasadena · Science / Physics

Thorne establishes a Caltech research group devoted to gravitational-wave theory, astrophysical sources and the physical limitations that future interferometric detectors would need to overcome.

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Kip Stephen Thorne

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