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Michio Kaku (, ; born January 24, 1947) is an American
theoretical physicist Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimen ...
,
futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...
, and
popularizer of science ''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, inclu ...
(
science communicator Science communication is the practice of informing, educating, raising awareness of science-related topics, and increasing the sense of wonder about scientific discoveries and arguments. Science communicators and audiences are ambiguously def ...
). He is a professor of
theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...
in the
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and
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. Kaku is the author of several books about
physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
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 '' Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel'' is a book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. Kaku uses discussion of speculative technologies to introduce topic ...
'' (2008), ''
Physics of the Future ''Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100'' is a 2011 book by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of '' Hyperspace'' and ''Physics of the Impossible''. In it Kaku speculates about pos ...
'' (2011), ''
The Future of the Mind ''The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind'' is a popular science book by the futurist and physicist Michio Kaku. The book was initially published on February 25, 2014 by Doubleday. In 2015 the ...
'' (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
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, the
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, and the
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.


Early life

Kaku was born in
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, to second-generation Japanese-American parents. Reflecting on his childhood, he said: His grandfather had come to the United States to do the cleanup operation after the
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, and his father and mother were both born in California; his father in
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and his mother in Marysville. Both his parents were
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in the
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during
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, where they met and where his elder brother was born. Kaku was inspired to pursue a career in physics after seeing a photograph of
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
's desk at the time of his death. Kaku was fascinated to learn that Einstein had been unable to complete his
unified field theory In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a pair of physical and virtual fields. According to the modern ...
and resolved to dedicate his life to solving this theory. By the time Kaku was in high school, he had developed a strong passion for physics. For a science fair, Michio built a 2.3 MeV “atom smasher” in his parents' garage. Using scrap metal and 22 miles of wire, he created a magnetic field 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s, as well as collisions powerful enough to produce antimatter. It was at this National Science Fair in
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, that he attracted the attention of physicist
Edward Teller Edward Teller ( hu, Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" (see the Teller–Ulam design), although he did not care fo ...
, who took Kaku as a protégé, awarding him the Hertz Engineering Scholarship. Kaku graduated ''
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'' from
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
in 1968 and was first in his physics class. He attended the
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at the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, receiving a PhD and holding a lectureship at
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in 1972. In 1968, during the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
, Kaku, who was about to be drafted, joined the
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, remaining until 1970. He completed his
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at
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,
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, and advanced infantry training at Fort Lewis,
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. However, he was never deployed to Vietnam.


Academic career

As part of the research program in 1975 and 1977 at the department of physics at the
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, Kaku worked on research on
quantum mechanics Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, ...
. He was a Visitor and Member (1973 and 1990) at the
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in
Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine ...
and
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
. As of 2014, he holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York. Between 1970 and 2000, Kaku had papers published in physics journals covering topics such as
superstring theory Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modeling them as vibrations of tiny supersymmetric strings. 'Superstring theory' is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theor ...
,
supergravity In theoretical physics, supergravity (supergravity theory; SUGRA for short) is a modern field theory that combines the principles of supersymmetry and general relativity; this is in contrast to non-gravitational supersymmetric theories such as ...
,
supersymmetry In a supersymmetric theory the equations for force and the equations for matter are identical. In theoretical and mathematical physics, any theory with this property has the principle of supersymmetry (SUSY). Dozens of supersymmetric theories e ...
, and
hadron In particle physics, a hadron (; grc, ἁδρός, hadrós; "stout, thick") is a composite subatomic particle made of two or more quarks held together by the strong interaction. They are analogous to molecules that are held together by the ele ...
ic physics. In 1974, Kaku and Prof. Keiji Kikkawa of
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co-authored the first papers describing string theory in a field form. Kaku is the author of several textbooks on
string theory In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interac ...
and
quantum field theory In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines classical field theory, special relativity, and quantum mechanics. QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and ...
. An explicit description of the second-quantization of the light-cone string was given by Kaku and Keiji Kikkawa.


Popular science

Kaku is most widely known as a popularizer of science and physics outreach specialist. He has written books and appeared on many television programs as well as film. He also hosts a weekly radio program.


Books

Kaku is the author of various popular science books: *'' Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe'' (with Jennifer Thompson) (1987) *'' Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension'' (1994) *'' Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century'' (1997) *'' Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time'' (2004) *'' Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos'' (2004) *'' Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel'' (2008) *'' Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100'' (2011) * '' The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind'' (2014) * '' The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth'' (2018) * '' The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything'' (2021) ''Hyperspace'' was a bestseller and voted one of the best science books of the year by ''
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''. ''Parallel Worlds'' was a finalist for the
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for nonfiction in
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.


Radio

Kaku is the host of the weekly one-hour radio program ''Exploration'', produced by the Pacifica Foundation's
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in New York. ''Exploration'' is syndicated to community and independent radio stations and makes previous broadcasts available on the program's website. Kaku defines the show as dealing with the general topics of science, war, peace, and the environment. In April 2006, Kaku began broadcasting ''Science Fantastic'' on 90 commercial radio stations in the United States. It is syndicated by
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and now reaches 130 radio stations and
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on XM and remains the only nationally syndicated science radio program. Featured guests include Nobel laureates and top researchers in the fields of string theory, time travel, black holes, gene therapy, aging, space travel, artificial intelligence, and SETI. When Kaku is busy filming for television, ''Science Fantastic'' goes on hiatus, sometimes for several months. Kaku is also a frequent guest on many programs, where he is outspoken in all areas and issues he considers of importance, such as the program ''
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'' where, on November 30, 2007, he reaffirmed his belief that the existence of extraterrestrial life is a certainty. During the debut of
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's new radio show ''Dark Matter'' on September 16, 2013, Bell referred to Kaku as "the next
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", referring to Kaku's similar ability to explain complex science so anyone can understand it. Kaku has appeared on many mainstream talk shows, discussing popular fiction such as ''
Back to the Future ''Back to the Future'' is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis, and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985, ...
'', ''
Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
'', and the theories behind the
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these and other fictional entertainment focus on. On 25 July 2021 Kaku was a guest on
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's ''
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''.


Television and film

Kaku has appeared in many forms of media and on many programs and networks, including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'',
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, '' Conan'',
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,
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'', ''
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'', '' The Art Bell Show'' and its successor, ''
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'', ''
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'', ''The Covino & Rich Show'', '' Head Rush'', ''
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'', the
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, and ''
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''. He was interviewed for two
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documentaries, ''The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn'' and ''Out from the Shadows: The Story of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie'', which were produced and directed by his former WBAI radio colleague Rosemarie Reed. In 1999, Kaku was one of the scientists profiled in the feature-length film '' Me & Isaac Newton'', directed by
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. It played theatrically in the United States, later was broadcast on national television, and won several film awards. In 2005, Kaku appeared in the short documentary film ''Obsessed & Scientific'' about the possibility of time travel and the people who dream about it. It was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival and a feature film expansion was in proposed. Kaku also appeared in the ABC documentary '' UFOs: Seeing Is Believing'', in which he suggested that while he believes it is extremely unlikely that extraterrestrials have ever visited
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, we must keep our minds open to the possible existence of civilizations a million years ahead of us in technology, where entirely new avenues of physics open up. He also discussed the future of interstellar exploration and alien life in the Discovery Channel special ''
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'' as one of the multiple speakers who co-hosted the show. In February 2006, Kaku appeared as presenter in the BBC-TV four-part documentary ''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'' which seeks to explore the mysterious nature of time. Part one of the series concerns personal time, and how we perceive and measure the passing of time. The second in the series deals with cheating time, exploring possibilities of extending the lifespan of organisms. The geological time covered in part three explores the ages of the Earth and the
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. Part four covers the topics of cosmological time, the beginning of time and the events that occurred at the instant of the big bang. On January 28, 2007, Kaku hosted the Discovery Channel series ''2057''. This three-hour program discussed how medicine, cities, and energy could change over the next 50 years. In 2008, Kaku hosted the three-hour BBC-TV documentary ''
Visions of the Future ''Visions of the Future'' is a 2007 documentary television series aired on the BBC Four television channel. The series stars theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku as he documents cutting edge science. There are three installments in the ...
'', on the future of computers, medicine, and quantum physics, and he appeared in several episodes of the History Channel's ''Universe'' and ''
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'' series. On December 1, 2009, he began hosting a 12-episode weekly television series for the Science Channel at 10 pm, called '' Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible'', based on his bestselling book. Each 30-minute episode discusses the scientific basis behind imaginative schemes, such as time travel, parallel universes, warp drive, star ships, light sabers, force fields, teleportation, invisibility, death stars, and even superpowers and flying saucers. Each episode includes interviews with the world's top scientists working on prototypes of these technologies, interviews with science fiction fans as well as showing clips from science fiction movies and discussing that special effects and computer graphics were used to create them. Although these inventions are impossible today, the series discusses when these technologies might become feasible in the future. In 2010, he began to appear in a series on the website
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entitled ''Science of Games'', discussing the scientific aspects of various popular video games such as ''
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'' and '' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''. Kaku's popularity in American culture can largely be attributed to his charismatic way of explaining complex scientific theories in layman's terms. While his technical writings are confined to theoretical physics, his public speaking and media appearances cover a broad range of topics, from the
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to more esoteric subjects such as
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s and time travel. In January 2007, Kaku visited
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. While there, he talked at length to select members of that country's decision makers. In an interview with local media, Kaku elaborated on his vision of the future of humans. Kaku considers
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and terrorism as serious threats in human evolution from a Type 0 civilization to Type 1 on the Kardashev scale. He is featured in Symphony of Science's songs, " The Quantum World", " Our Place in the Cosmos", " The Secret of the Stars", and " Monsters of the Cosmos". On October 11, 2010, Kaku appeared in the BBC program "What Happened Before the Big Bang" (along with
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,
Andrei Linde Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde (russian: Андре́й Дми́триевич Ли́нде; born March 2, 1948) is a Russian-American theoretical physicist and the Harald Trap Friis Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Linde is one of the ...
,
Roger Penrose Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fello ...
,
Lee Smolin Lee Smolin (; born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a member of the graduate faculty of the ...
,
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, and other notable cosmologists and physicists), where he discussed his theory of the universe created out of nothing. Over January 22 to 25, 2011, Kaku was invited to the fifth annual Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF), held in
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,
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, along with renowned specialists including the British journalist Nick Pope, the Canadian ufologist
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, and the French astrophysicist
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. Kaku appears on the DVD and Blu-ray extras of the 2012 version of Total Recall, discussing the technological aspects of the future explored in the film.


Web series

In 2018, Kaku hosted the web series '' Next World with Michio Kaku'' on
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.


Policy advocacy and activism

Kaku has publicly stated his concerns over matters including people denying the
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cause of
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, nuclear armament,
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, and what he believes to be the general misuse of science. He was critical of the
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because of the of
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contained in the craft for use by its
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. Conscious of the possibility of casualties if the probe's fuel were dispersed into the environment during a malfunction and crash as the probe was making a "sling-shot" maneuver around
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, Kaku publicly criticized NASA's risk assessment. He has spoken on the dangers of
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and called for more and better monitoring. Kaku is generally a vigorous supporter of the
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, believing that the ultimate destiny of the human race may lie in
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s, but he is critical of some of the cost-ineffective missions and methods of
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. Kaku credits his anti-
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position to information he learned via programs he heard on the
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network during his student years in California. It was during this period that he made the decision to turn away from a career developing the next generation of
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in association with his mentor,
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, and instead focused on research, teaching, writing, and accepting media opportunities to educate. Kaku joined with others such as
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,
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, and those associated with
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, which was instrumental in building a global
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that arose in the 1980s during the administration of U.S. President
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. Kaku was a board member of
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and of radio station
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in New York City, where he originated his long-running program, ''Exploration'', that focuses on the issues of science, war, peace, and the environment. His remark from an interview in support of
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, "We could be in the middle of an intergalactic conversation... and we wouldn't even ''know''", is used in the third Symphony of Science installment " Our Place in the Cosmos". Kaku is also a member of the
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advisory board.


Personal life

Kaku is married to Shizue Kaku. They have two daughters, Alyson and Michelle.


In popular culture

In 2001, the British rock band
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released their ''
Origin of Symmetry ''Origin of Symmetry'' is the second studio album by English rock band Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media. It was produced by John Leckie, who produced Muse's debut album '' Showbiz'' (1999), and David Bottrill. ''Origin of Symm ...
'' album. The theme and name of the album is based on Kaku's book ''Hyperspace''.


Works

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Kaku, Michio (2021). ''The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything''. New York: Doubleday. .


Filmography

* ''We Are the Guinea Pigs'' (1980) * ''Borders'' (1989) * '' Synthetic Pleasures'' (1995) * ''Einstein Revealed'' (1996) * '' Future Fantastic'' (1996) * '' Stephen Hawking's Universe'' (1997) * ''Bioperfection: Building a New Human Race'' (1998) * '' Me & Isaac Newton'' (1999) * ''Space: The Final Junkyard'' (1999) * ''Ghosts: Caught on Tape'' (2000) * ''
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'' (2001) * '' Parallel Universes'' (2001) * ''
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'': "Time travel" (2003) * ''Robo Sapiens'' (2003) * ''Brilliant Minds: Secret Of The Cosmos'' (2003) * ''
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'': "
The Elegant Universe ''The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory'' is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical asses ...
" (2003) * ''
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'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2004) * ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'' (2004) * ''
Alien Planet ''Alien Planet'' is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book '' Expedition'' by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, ''Alien Planet'' explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional pla ...
'' (2005) * ''
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'' " UFOs: Seeing Is Believing" (2005) * '' HARDtalk Extra'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''Obsessed & Scientific'' (2005) * ''
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'': "Einstein's Unfinished Symphony" (2005) * ''Exodus Earth'' (2006) * ''
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'' (2006) * ''2057'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2007) * ''Futurecar'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2007) * ''
Visions of the Future ''Visions of the Future'' is a 2007 documentary television series aired on the BBC Four television channel. The series stars theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku as he documents cutting edge science. There are three installments in the ...
'' (2008) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'': "The President's Guide to Science" (2008) * '' Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe'' (2008) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'': "Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole" (2009–2010) * '' Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible'' (2009–2010) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'': "What Happened Before the Big Bang?" (2010) * ''
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'': "The Science of Games" (2010) * ''
How the Universe Works ''How the Universe Works'' is a documentary science television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010. All but the second and eighth seasons were narrated by Mike Rowe. The second and eighth seasons, as well as episodes of ...
'' (2010-2014) * ''Seeing Black Holes'' (2010) * '' Prophets of Science Fiction'' (2011) * ''
Through the Wormhole ''Through the Wormhole'' is an American science documentary television series narrated and hosted by American actor Morgan Freeman. It began airing on Science Channel in the United States on June 9, 2010. The series concluded its run on May 16 ...
'' (2011) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'': "What Happened Before the Big Bang?" (2011) * ''The Science of Doctor Who'' (2012) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'': "The Hunt for Higgs" (2012) * ''
The Principle ''The Principle'' is a 2014 American independent film produced by Rick DeLano and Robert Sungenis. It rejects the Copernican principle and supports the long-superseded notion and pseudoscientific principle that Earth is at the center of the ...
'': "The Principle" (2014) * ''
Deep Time History ''Deep Time History'' is an original documentary series that was released on the video on demand service CuriosityStream, in partnership with production company Flight 33 Productions. The three-part series was included in CuriosityStream's January ...
'' (2016) * '' Year Million'': "Year Million" (2017) * '' Life 2.0'' (2020) * ''Meltdown: Three Mile Island'' (2022)


See also


Michio Kaku official website
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