Michio Kaku
U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author (1947-)
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Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and science communicator who has made contributions to physics research while also becoming well-known for writing and speaking about future technologies and scientific possibilities. His work matters because he helps bring complex scientific ideas to a general audience, influencing how many people think about the intersection of science, technology, and society.
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- 1947-01-24
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- Supremacía Cuántica : la Revolución Tecnológica Que lo Cambiará Todo / Quantum Su Premacy
- Mundos Paralelos
- Strings, Conformal Fields, and Topology
- O Futuro da Mente
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Michio Kaku is an American 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.
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- The Alien Perspective2025
- Doppelgängers³2024
- The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe — Self - Theoretical Physicist2024
- Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations — Self2023
- To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb — Self - Theoretical Physicist2023
- UFOs: Investigating the Unknown — Self - Theoretical Physicist2023
- A Tear in the Sky
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Michio Kaku (/ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː/; born January 24, 1947) 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.
His books Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), The Future of the Mind (2014), and The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything (2021) became New York Times best sellers. Kaku has hosted several television specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.
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