Michio Kaku

U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author (1947-) · United States · Scientists

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2018“Killer asteroids are nature's way of asking, 'How's that space program coming along?'" - Anonymous”In their wordsHeadline quote at the beginning of Chapter 3, "Mining the Heavens," page 54.Read the whole statement

2012“If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.”In their words9 March 2012"Captain Michio and the World of Tomorrow" in The Wall Street Journal (9 March 2012)Read the whole statement

2010“I say looking at the next 100 years that there are two trends in the world today. The first trend is toward what we call a type one civilization, a planetary civilization...”In their words29 September 2010"Will Mankind Destroy Itself?" (29 September 2010)Read the whole statement

1995“When Physicists speak of "beauty" in their theories, they really mean that their theory possesses at least two essential features: 1. A unifying symmetry 2.”In their wordsCh.5 Quantum HeresyRead the whole statement

“It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory.”In their wordsCh.12 Colliding UniversesRead the whole statement

“No other theory known to science [other than superstring theory] uses such powerful mathematics at such a fundamental level.”In their wordsCh.15 ConclusionRead the whole statement

1947Born24 January 1947

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Kaku at the USA science and engineering festival 2014 at Walter E Washington Convention Center, DC

Kaku with his book Physics of the Impossible

Kaku at a public event "Campus Party Brazil"

Kaku, protesting at Cape Canaveral demonstration, 1987

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Michio Kaku

10 statements, newest first

It is as inescapable as the laws of physics that humanity will one day confront some type of extinction-level event.
2018, Prologue, pages 3 to 6., Own words
Killer asteroids are nature's way of asking, 'How's that space program coming along?'" - Anonymous
2018, Headline quote at the beginning of Chapter 3, "Mining the Heavens," page 54., Own words
We actually have a candidate for the mind of God. The mind of God we believe is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
Dec 29, 2012, Math is the Mind of God (29 December 2012), Own words

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Awards

Fellow of the American Physical Society

About this person

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books about physics and related topics and has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film. He is also a regular contributor to his own blog, as well as other popular media outlets. For his efforts to bridge science and science fiction, he is a 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Awardee.

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United States

In common with Michio

Derek MullerAlso in Digits: Guardians of the Web (2016)

Lawrence M. KraussAlso in The Principle (2014)

Neil deGrasse TysonAlso in Einstein (2008)

Kate MulgrewAlso in The Principle (2014)

Vint CerfAlso in Digits: Guardians of the Web (2016)

Aubrey de GreyAlso in time/ OUT OF JOINT (2015)

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