(Originally aired: Dec. 1991)
MICHIO KAKU Ph.D
Theoretical Physicist,
Professor,
Bestselling Author, Popularizer
of Science
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Dr.
Michio Kaku (b. January 24,
1947) is an American theoretical
physicist specializing in string
field theory, and a futurist. He
is a popularizer of science,
host of two radio programs, and
a best-selling author.....Kaku
was born in San Jose, California
to Japanese immigrant parents,
and attended and played first
board on the chess team of
Cubberly High School in Palo
Alto in the early 1960s. At the
National Science Fair in
Albuquerque, N.M., he attracted
the attention of physicist
Edward Teller, who took Kaku as
a protégé, awarding him the
Hertz Engineering Scholarship.
Kaku received a B.S. degree
summa cum laude from Harvard
University in 1968 where he
placed first in his physics
class. He went on to attend the
Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at
the University of California,
Berkeley and received a Ph.D.
degree in 1972, and held a
lectureship at Princeton
University in 1973. During the
Vietnam War, Kaku completed his
US Army basic training at Fort
Benning, Georgia and his
advanced infantry training at
Fort Lewis, Washington. However,
the Vietnam War ended before he
could be deployed as an
infantryman....Kaku currently
holds the Henry Semat Chair and
Professorship in theoretical
physics and holds a joint
appointment at City College of
New York, and the Graduate
Center of the City University of
New York, where he has taught
for more than 25 years.
Presently, he is engaged
defining the "Theory of
Everything", which seeks to
unify the four fundamental
forces of the universe: the
strong force, the weak force,
gravity and electromagnetism. He
has also been a visiting
professor at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, and
New York University. He is a
Fellow of the American Physical
Society. He is listed in Who's
Who in America, Who's Who in the
World, Who's Who in Science and
Engineering, and American Men
and Women of Science......Kaku
has publicly stated his concerns
over issues including the human
cause of global warming, nuclear
armament, nuclear power, and the
general misuse of science.[2] He
was critical of the
Cassini-Huygens space probe
because of the 72 pounds of
plutonium contained in the craft
for use by its radioisotope
thermoelectric environment
during a malfunction and crash
as the probe was making a
'sling-shot' maneuver around
earth; he was critical of NASA's
risk assessment. [3]
(Ultimately, the probe was
launched and successfully
completed its mission. Kaku is
generally a vigorous supporter
of the exploration of outer
space, believing that the
ultimate destiny of the human
race may lie in the stars, but
is critical of some of the
cost-ineffective missions and
methods of NASA.),,,,Dr. Kaku
credits his anti-nuclear war
position to programs he heard on
the Pacifica radio 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 nuclear weapons in
association with Dr. Teller and
focused on research, teaching,
writing and media. Dr. Kaku
joined with others such as Dr.
Helen Caldicott, Jonathan
Schell, Peace Action and was
instrumental in building a
global anti-nuclear weapons
movement that arose in the
1980s, during the administration
of US President Ronald
Reagan....Dr. Kaku was a board
member of Peace Action and on
the board of radio station WBAI-FM
in New York City where he
originated his long running
program, Explorations, that
focused on the issues of
science, war, peace and the
environment.
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Dr. Michio Kaku is a
theoretical physicist,
best-selling author, and
popularizer of science. He’s the
co-founder of string field
theory (a branch of string
theory), and continues
Einstein’s search to unite the
four fundamental forces of
nature into one unified theory.
Publications
Michio’s new book,
Physics of the
Impossible: A Scientific
Exploration of the World of
Phasers, Force Fields,
Teleportation, and Time Travelhas
already hit the NY Times
Bestseller List.
Other Books Include:
Popularizer of
Science
He has appeared on
television (Discovery, BBC, ABC,
Science Channel, and CNN to name
a few), written for popular
science publications like
Discover, Wired, and New
Scientist, been featured in
documentaries like Me & Isaac
Newton, and hosted many of his
own including BBC’s recent
series on Time.
Some recent items include:
BBC series on Time — Michio
Kaku goes on an extraordinary
exploration of the world in
search of time.
BBC Four series: Visions of the
Future — 3 part series
exploring the cutting edge
science of today, tomorrow, and
beyond.
History Channel’s The Universe
— Interviews with the world?s
leading physicists and
historians are woven together
with animated recreations and
first-person accounts to explain
concepts such as the formation
of galaxies, the creation of
elements and the formation of
Earth itself.
Cosmos Magazine cover — He
stretches his mind to 11
dimensions, understands what
Einstein failed to grasp, and he
plans for the death of our Sun,
five billion years from now.
Michio Kaku is a superhero of
the incomprehensible.
Radio Shows
Michio Kaku host’s two
weekly radio programs heard on
stations around the country.
Science Fantastic
— a live, science radio talk
show airs every Saturday from
5-8PM EST.
Explorations in Science
— is broadcast each week on WBAI
New York City, with
past shows available
online.
Academics
Theoretical Physicist
— Dr. Michio Kaku is the
co-creator of string field
theory, a branch of string
theory. He received a B.S.
(summa cum laude) from Harvard
University in 1968 where he came
first in his physics class. He
went on to the Berkeley
Radiation Laboratory at the
University of California,
Berkeley and received a Ph.D. in
1972. In 1973, he held a
lectureship at Princeton
University.
Michio continues
Einstein’s search for a “Theory
of Everything,” seeking to unify
the four fundamental forces of
the universe—the strong force,
the weak force, gravity and
electromagnetism.
He is the author of
several scholarly, Ph.D. level
textbooks and has had more than
70 articles published in physics
journals, covering topics such
as superstring theory,
supergravity, supersymmetry, and
hadronic physics.
Professor of Physics
— He holds the Henry Semat Chair
and Professorship in theoretical
physics at the City College of
New York, where he has taught
for over 25 years. He has also
been a visiting professor at the
Institute for Advanced Study at
Princeton, as well as New York
University (NYU)
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