Another American writer in a similar vein was Thorne Smith, whose works ( such as Topper and The Night Life of the Gods ) were popular and influential, and often adapted for film and television.

In 1991, John Preskill and Kip Thorne bet against Stephen Hawking that the hypothesis was false.

James Thorne Smith, Jr. ( March 27, 1892 – June 21, 1934 ) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith.

The possibility of traversable wormholes in general relativity was first demonstrated by Kip Thorne and his graduate student Mike Morris in a 1988 paper.

A subset called Micro-Planner was implemented by Gerry Sussman, Eugene Charniak and Terry Winograd Charniak, and Winograd 1971 and was used in Winograd's natural-language understanding program SHRDLU, Eugene Charniak's story understanding work, Thorne McCarty's work on legal reasoning, and some other projects.

The last was rapist Douglas Thorne, on April 20, 1962.

Crapper was born in Thorne, Yorkshire, in 1836 ; the exact date is unknown, but he was baptised on 28 September 1836.

Cygnus X-1 was the subject of a friendly scientific wager between physicists Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne in 1974, with Hawking betting that it was not a black hole.

The series won a Prix Italia award in Italy, several BAFTA awards in England and several Emmy Awards in the U. S., and was adapted by Ian Thorne into the 1972 film Henry VIII and his Six Wives.

A new cut between broad cut and the figure of eight locks, which included two large locks, and a new large lock beside the old one at Thorne were opened in 1838, but little more was done, despite the Rochdale Canal pressing for longer locks.

According to producer Mike Thorne in his Stereo Society web site, " the title track was originally written and sung by Aimee as if to a woman ....

Overage forward Stephon Thorne was named the 10th captain in Battalion history prior to the 2010-11 season while youngster Jacob Riley took over the starting goaltender job along with Swiss import Dennis Saikkonen.

He is known as the soldier who fought under three flags: Finnish, German ( when he fought the Soviets in World War II ) and American ( where he was known as Larry Thorne ) when he served in U. S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War.

Larry Thorne, christened " Lauri Allan Törni " at birth, was born in Viipuri, Finland, to a ship captain.

With their support, Private Thorne was soon on his way into Special Forces.

Shortly after his disappearance Thorne was promoted to the rank of Major.

In the book The Green Berets by Robin Moore, the " Sven Kornie " main character in the first chapter was based on Larry Thorne.

In the 2004 TV programme Suuret Suomalaiset (" Great Finns "), Larry Thorne was voted the 52nd greatest Finn of all time.

His thesis advisor was relativist Kip Thorne.

J. R. Thorne and Marie-Claire Uhart noted King's error by pointing out that the supposedly deleted passage does not appear in most extant manuscripts of the poem and was in all likelihood not in Crowley's source texts.

The score for the series was composed by Ken Thorne.

Carl Sagan once asked Thorne to examine the time travel section of the manuscript for Contact.

He asked what I was doing here and I told him that I was Thorne.

Thorne called Herrscher and asked if there was some small building they could demolish with a bulldozer, to begin to " break ground " for the Becket building.

Thorne said he'd call friends in the press to assess their attitudes.

Stopping services between Doncaster and Hull and beyond call at Thorne North.

Gary Thorne ( born June 9, 1948, in Bangor, Maine ) is a play-by-play announcer for ESPN and ABC, working National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, college football, and the Frozen Four hockey tournament.

After graduating from the University of Maine in 1970, University of Maine School of Law in 1973, and Georgetown Law School in 1976 ( while paying tuition as a sportscaster / disc jockey ), Thorne became Penobscot County assistant district attorney and joined the bar of the U. S. Supreme Court.

By 1984, Thorne had enough leverage with baseball's Triple-A Maine Guides to name himself a co-owner.

Other notable individuals are author Jean M. Auel, historian Max Dimont, politician Emil Hurja, guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, U. S. Communist Party leader Gus Hall ( originally Arvo Gustav Halberg ), mathematician Lars Ahlfors, musicians Dave Mustaine and Jaco Pastorius, computer scientists Linus Torvalds and Alfred Aho, co-founder of Apple Mike Markkula, astronaut Timothy L. Kopra, officer Larry Thorne, musician Einar Aaron Swan, ice hockey player Matt Niskanen and serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

From to, Morgan served as an announcer for ABC, where he helped announce Monday Night and Thursday Night Baseball games ( providing backup for the lead announcing crew composed of Al Michaels, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer ), the 1988 American League Championship Series with Gary Bender and Reggie Jackson, and served as a field reporter for the 1989 World Series along with Gary Thorne.

Clement has lent his voice for commentary for the next-gen versions of the video games NHL 07, NHL 08, NHL 09, NHL 10, NHL 11, NHL 12 and NHL 13 by EA Sports along with Gary Thorne.

Thorne missed several Mets games in the 1988 season due to Devils playoff games.

An original estate mansion, Brookwood Hall, has passed from its last private owners, the Thorne family ( originally of Great Neck during the Dutch colonial era ) and now serves as a municipal building within the government of the Town of Islip.

The Covenant, during the two-year time when Sydney was undercover as Julia Thorne, sent Sydney to assassinate Andrian Lazarey.

Thorne was known during the 1970s for attending comic book conventions in his persona as The Wizard judging Red Sonja Lookalike Contests — the most famed winner was artist / writer Wendy Pini He was born in Rahway, New Jersey and lives in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

Thorne provided a segment on break building for the BBC during the 1999 championships where he was shown on a practice table performing a 147 whilst advising on positioning.

Susannah is recorded as having died in 1585 during childbirth, at St. Dunstan's, London and again three years later in a will, dated October 29, 1588, ( Probate 9 May 1589 ), when Thomas Thorne bequeaths ... " to the Children of Susan Dudley, my Daughter ..." ( etc.

Thorne claimed that he was taken captive by Navajos in 1854, and that during his captivity he had discovered a rich gold vein.

On April 25, 2007, while Boston was visiting the Baltimore Orioles in the teams ' first match up of the season, a controversy arose when Orioles ' play-by-play announcer Gary Thorne alleged during the fifth inning of his telecast that Mirabelli had told him years ago that Curt Schilling's bloody sock from the Red Sox's 2004 championship run was only a publicity stunt.

Thorne's next appearance is in the following episode " It's Never Too Late " ( which was the first episode featuring Thorne in the series ' original broadcast order on Fox Kids ) in which he is at war with a rival mob boss Arnold Stromwell ( whom he plots to ambush and kill in a bar explosion during a parley ).

Mona's father, Charles Thorne, left the two of them after a year of separation sometime during her childhood, and married Big Deedee, producing little Deedee in the process.

Notable organisers who came to prominence during the strike include Ben Tillett, John Burns, Tom Mann, Will Thorne and the seamen's leader Joseph Havelock Wilson.

TMCR have provided PA at many local events during the summer months, appearing at the Thorne Festival, Thorne Regatta, Community As One day, Doncaster Disabled Games, as well as three Sunday afternoons on the bandstand in Thorne Memorial Park.