Michio Kaku
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Kaku at Campus Party Brasil in 2012
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| Born |
January 24, 1947 San Jose, California, U.S. |
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| Residence | New York, New York, U.S. | ||||
| Nationality | American | ||||
| Fields | Theoretical physics | ||||
| Institutions |
City University of New York New York University Institute for Advanced Study |
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| Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.A., 1968) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1972) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Mandelstam | ||||
| Known for |
String field theory Physics of the Impossible Physics of the Future The Future of the Mind |
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| Notable awards | Klopsteg Memorial Award (2008) | ||||
| Spouse | Shizue Kaku | ||||
| Children | 2 | ||||
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Website mkaku |
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 加來 道雄 | ||||
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| Romanization | Kaku Michio |
Michio Kaku (/ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː/; born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science. Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. He has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes online blogs and articles. He has written three New York Times best sellers: Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). Kaku has hosted several TV specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.
Kaku was born in San Jose, California, to Japanese American parents. His father, born in California and educated in both Japan and the United States, was fluent in Japanese and English. Both his parents were interned in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center during World War II, where they met and where his older brother was born.
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