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“If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time.”

Quote by Kip Thorne

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Kip Thorne is a renowned theoretical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and black hole physics. He is a professor at the California Institute of Technology and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for his pivotal role in the LIGO detection of gravitational waves and the study of black holes. more

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