At Space Science Week 2025, Halloran and Thorne shared the story behind their collaborative project, “The Warped Side of Our Universe.”
Chapman University Associate Professor Lia Halloran and physicist Kip Thorne shared the story behind their unique collaboration during a keynote speech at the National Academies’ Space Science Week in Washington, D.C.
Their conversation explored how complex scientific concepts can be made accessible through creative interpretation, specifically highlighting their unique cross-disciplinary book, “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves.” An exhibition highlighting this work is on display at the National Academy of Sciences building through June 1.
Halloran, chair of Chapman’s Department of Art, recounted how Thorne’s book, “Black Holes and Time Warps,” inspired her work as a graduate student.
“It felt like an invitation to the universe,” Halloran said of Thorne’s work.