And for her patience and support throughout this adventure, I’m grateful to my wife and life partner, Carolee Winstein.
FIGURE CREDITS
Following figures © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.: 1.2, 1.3, 3.4, 3.6, 5.6, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 11.1, 14.9, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5, 17.5, 17.9, 18.1, 19.2, 19.3, 20.1, 20.2, 24.5, 25.1, 25.7, 25.8, 25.9, 27.8, 28.3, 29.8, 29.14, 30.1, 31.1
Following figures © Kip Thorne: 2.4, 2.5, 3.2, 3.5, 4.3, 4.4, 4.8, 4.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 8.2, 8.7, 9.8, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 14.5, 15.1, 15.3, 16.2, 16.5, 16.8, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.6, 19.1, 21.3, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.2, 23.5, 23.6, 23.7, 23.8, 24.1, 24.4, 24.6, 24.7, 25.2, 25.3, 25.5, 25.6, 26.5, 26.10, 26.11, 26.12, 26.13, 27.1, 27.3, 27.6, 27.10, 28.2, 29.1, 29.2, 29.12, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, TN.1
1.1:Carolee Winstein
1.2:Melinda Sue Gordon. © Warner Bros.
1.3:Tyler Ott
1.4:Rosie Draper
2.1:NASA, N. Benitez (JHU), T. Broadhurst (Racah Institute of Physics/The Hebrew University), H. Ford (JHU), M. Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), the ACS Science Team, and ESA
2.2:Adam Evans, www.sky-candy.ca
2.3:Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams
2.6:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
2.7:© Best View Stock/Alamy
2.8:Image of Earth: NASA
2.9:© Picture Press/Alamy
2.10:© Russell Kightley/Science Source
2.11:Image of Earth: NASA
3.1:Waldseemuller map: map image courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library/Sidney R. Knafel Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. Ortelius map: from Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. Bowen map: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
3.3:Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James.
3.6:Kip Thorne. © Warner Bros.
4.2:United States Government, adapted by Kip Thorne
4.5:© Lia Halloran, www.liahalloran.com
4.6:© Lia Halloran and Kip Thorne
4.7:© Lia Halloran and Kip Thorne
5.5:Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
5.6:Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James.
5.7:Karl Schwarzschild: photograph by Robert Bein, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives. Roy Kerr: Roy P. Kerr. Stephen Hawking: © Richard M. Diaz. Robert Oppenheimer: en.wikipedia.org—J._Robert_Oppenheimer. Andrea Ghez: Mary Watkins (UCLA)
5.8:Keck/UCLA Galactic Center Group; Andrea Ghez
5.9:Akira Fujii/ESA/Hubble
6.5:© Kip Thorne, patterned after illustrations by Edward Teo (2003)
7.4:Left: © Robert Gendler (robgendlerastropics.com). Right: © Kip Thorne
7.6:Steve Drasco, assistant professor of physics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
7.7:Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
8.1:Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James.
8.3:Star field image: Alain Riazuelo, IAP/UPMC/CNRS; drawing: Kip Thorne. Movie camera icon courtesy basarugur
8.4:Star field image: Alain Riazuelo, IAP/UPMC/CNRS; drawing: Kip Thorne
8.5:Image: Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James; drawing: Kip Thorne. © Warner Bros. and Kip Thorne
8.6:Image: Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James; drawing: Kip Thorne. © Warner Bros. and Kip Thorne. Movie camera icon courtesy basarugur
9.1:Photo: NASA/STScI. Spectrum: Maarten Schmidt
9.2:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
9.3:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
9.4:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
9.5:James Guillochon
9.6:James Guillochon
9.7:Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James.
9.8:Movie camera icon courtesy basarugur. © Kip Thorne
9.9:Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James.
10.1:Steve Drasco, assistant professor of physics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
11.2:NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center/Giovanni. Special thanks to James G. Acker.
13.1:© Kip Thorne and Richard Powell, www.atlasoftheuniverse.com
13.2:Freeman Dyson
13.3:Copyright © American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronomics, Inc. 1983. All rights reserved.
14.1:Apple © Preto Perola/Shutterstock.com. Ant: © Katarzyna Cielecka/Fotalia.com
14.2:Wormhole drawing on left previously published in Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler (1973); remainder of figure: Kip Thorne
14.3:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
14.4:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
14.6:Left: © Catherine MacBride. Right: © Mark Interrante
14.7:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
14.8:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
15.2:Left: Kip Thorne. Right: Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James. © Warner Bros. and Kip Thorne
15.4:Left: Kip Thorne. Right: Double Negative Visual Effects: Eugénie von Tunzelmann and Oliver James. © Warner Bros. and Kip Thorne
16.1:Photos courtesy of the LIGO Laboratory
16.3:Courtesy of the LIGO Laboratory
16.4:Images produced by Robert McGehee, Ian MacCormack, Amin Nikbin, and Keara Soloway from a simulation by F. Foucart et al. (2011)
16.6:© Lia Halloran, www.liahalloran.com
16.7:Image courtesy Robert Owen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Oberlin College
16.9:Figure courtesy SXS collaboration, www.black-holes.org
16.10:Steffen Richter
17.7:Top: © Xinhua/Xinhua Press/Corbis. Bottom: © AFLO/Nippon News/Corbis
17.8:NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
18.1:Data: Huan Yang, Aaron Zimmerman; image: Oliver James and Eugénie von Tunzelmann. © Warner Bros.
21.1:Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
21.2:Left: courtesy John Schwarz. Right: Steve Jennings/Getty Images
22.1:History of Science Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University
23.1:Image of Sun: Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
23.4:Randall photo: © Tsar Fedorsky, 2014. Sundrum photo: Raman Sundrum, professor of theoretical physics, University of Maryland, College Park
24.2:NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/SDSS
24.3:Andrew Fruchter (STScI) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA
24.8:NASA/JPL
25.1:Melinda Sue Gordon. © Warner Bros.
25.4:ESA–GOCE High Level Processing Facility
25.7:Kip Thorne. © Warner Bros.
25.8:Melinda Sue Gordon. © Warner Bros.
26.1:Released into the public domain by PoorLeno
26.2:Photo courtesy of the LIGO Laboratory
26.3:Property of the estate of Matthew H. Zimet. Courtesy Eva Zimet
26.4:ChrisVanLennepPhoto/Shutterstock.com
26.6:© Stephen Hawking, John Preskill, Kip Thorne
26.7:Left: © Matthew W. Choptuik 2000. Middle and right: © Kip Thorne
26.8:Photo by Irene Fertik 1997
26.9:© Lia Halloran, www.liahalloran.com
27.2:Kip Thorne for drawing; Double Negative for image of Endurance. © Kip Thorne and Warner Bros.
27.4:Jeff Darling, www.diseno-art.com
27.5:Kip Thorne for drawing; Double Negative for image of Endurance. © Kip Thorne and Warner Bros.