title: The Science of Interstellar
author:  Kip Thorne 
description: Kip Thorne, a Nobel Prize-winning 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. Thorne was an executive producer for the 2014 film Interstellar. For bridging the worlds of science and the humanities, Thorne received Rockefeller Universitys Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science. He lives in Pasadena, California.
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0004.html#3Q280-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0005.html#4OIQ0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
    
  
  
  [ONE - Mantell Sector, North Nekhebet, Resurgam, Delta Pavonis system,
  2551](part0007.html#6LJU0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [TWO - Aboard a lighthugger, interstellar space,
  2543](part0008.html#7K4G0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [THREE - Cuvier, Resurgam,
  2561](part0009.html#8IL20-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [FOUR - Carousel New Brazilia, Yellowstone, Epsilon Eridani,
  2546](part0010.html#9H5K0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [FIVE - Carousel New Brazilia, Yellowstone, Epsilon Eridani,
  2546](part0011.html#AFM60-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [SIX - En Route to Delta Pavonis,
  2546](part0012.html#BE6O0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [SEVEN - En Route to Delta Pavonis,
  2546](part0013.html#CCNA0-df682037186441b09cd4c7228f091e6d)
  
  
  [EIGHT - En Route to Delta Pavonis,
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