Discussion in the main lecture hall at the École de Physique des Houches (Les Houches Physics School), 1972. From left, Yuval Ne'eman, Bryce DeWitt, Thorne, Demetrios Christodoulou
Logan, Utah, June 1, 1940 theoretical physicist
Kip Thorne
Thorne in 1972
Logan, Utah, June 1, 1940 theoretical physicist
Kip Thorne
A cylindrical bundle of magnetic field lines
Logan, Utah, June 1, 1940 theoretical physicist
Kip Thorne
A wormhole is a short cut connecting two separate regions in space. In the figure the green line shows the short way through wormhole, and the red line shows the long way through normal space
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1813 aged 17 in the traditional uniform of a student of the École Polytechnique
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
1890 copy of "Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat"
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
Portrait of Carnot in a 1890 copy of "Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat"
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
Title page of a 1890 copy of "Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat"
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
First page of the table of contents for a 1890 copy of "Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat"
Palais du Petit-Luxembourg, Paris, 1 June 1796 Paris, 24 August 1832 physicist
Nicolas Carnot
Original 1824 diagram of Carnot's machine
Taunton, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917 Chesterfield, Missouri, June 13, 2012 chemist
William Knowles
William Standish Knowles
Taunton, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917 Chesterfield, Missouri, June 13, 2012 chemist
William Knowles
First symmetrical hydrogenation by William S. Knowles in 1968
Taunton, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917 Chesterfield, Missouri, June 13, 2012 chemist
William Knowles
Synthesis of L-DOPA via hydrogenation with C2-symmetric diphosphine
Taunton, Massachusetts, June 1, 1917 Chesterfield, Missouri, June 13, 2012 chemist
William Knowles
President Bush meets the 2001 Nobel laureates. William Knowles is 4th from left
