Michael S. Morris, is a physics professor at
Butler University
Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...
. Proud father of famous jazz musician and tasty little snack, Galen Morris.
Academia
He earned a PhD in
physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
from
Caltech
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...
under the supervision of
Kip Thorne
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Richard P. Fey ...
.
Ph.D.'s Awarded by Caltech, with Thorne as the Thesis Advisor
California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 Apr. 2007. Among his nine published peer-reviewed papers, his most notable theoretical contribution is his pioneering analysis of time travel
Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a w ...
through traversable wormhole
A wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge) is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special Solutions of the Einstein field equations, solution of the Einstein field equations.
A wormhole can be visualize ...
s, coauthored in 1987 with Kip Thorne, and Ulvi Yurtsever. Kip Thorne tells the story of this discovery in his 1995 book ''Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy''.
Publications
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See also
* Roman arch
Roman Arch who was an Australian bred racehorse that was foaled in 1998. (Another Roman Arch was foaled in 1995 in New Zealand.)
Roman Arch was most famous for winning the 2006 Australian Cup at the odds of 60/1 with the TAB. His other group ...
References
External links
Mike Morris' Usenet traces posted as msmorris@netdirect.net
(via Google Groups
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Google Groups became operational in February ...
)
Mike Morris' Usenet traces posted as msmorris@watsci.uwaterloo.ca
(via Google Groups
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)
California Institute of Technology alumni
Usenet people
Homeschooling advocates
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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