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Michio Kaku Profile

One of the most renowned scientific figures alive today, Dr. Michio Kaku is widely acclaimed in two separate areas. In pure science, Dr. Kaku is attempting to complete Einstein’s unified field theory. He is equally renowned for his skills as a futurist, using the latest scientific research to predict trends in business, commerce and finance.

Dr. Kaku’s distinguished academic career began at Harvard University, from which he graduated summa cum laude. From there he went on to the University of California at Berkeley to take his Ph.D. in physics and he has been a professor of Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York for nearly thirty years. He is the co-founder of string theory that is the leading candidate for the construction of a theory of everything.

The author of several international bestsellers, Physics of the Future and Physics of the Impossible made the New York Times bestseller lists. For Physics of the Future he interviewed 300 of the world’s most eminent scientists, many of them Nobel laureates, about their expectations of scientific development for the next century. It provides the most authoritative guide to the possibilities of science in the future and was chosen by Amazon as one of its top hundred books of the year.

Dr. Kaku has made countless media appearances, which include the Larry King Show, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, CNN, CNN-Financial, ABC-TV News, Fox News, BBC-TV, BBC-Radio, PBS’s Nova and Innovation, Tech-TV, the David Letterman Show, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O’Brian, and on HBO with Bill Maher. He has also taken part in science specials for PBS, the BBC, Channel 4, the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, A&E and the History Channel. He has hosted a 12 part series for the Science Channel based on his bestseller, Physics of the Impossible.

His weekly radio show, Science Fantastic, is aired in 130 cities across the USA and to a wider audience via satellite and Internet. It is the largest nationally syndicated science radio show on commercial radio. Dr. Kaku’s written work has appeared in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, New Scientist Magazine, Astronomy Magazine and Wired Magazine. The London Sunday Times, New Scientist and Astronomy have all run cover articles written by him.

Dr. Kaku is much in demand for his extensive knowledge and accurate predictions of the developments that will take place in the next twenty years in technology, finance, banking and commerce.

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    Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today. He is an internationally recognized authority in two areas. The first is Einstein’s unified field theory, which Dr. Kaku is attempting to complete. The other is to predict trends affecting business, commerce, and finance based on the latest research in science.

    Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City Univ. of New York. He graduated from Harvard University in 1968 (summa cum laude and 1st in his physics class). He received his Ph.D. in physics from the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley in 1972, and been a professor at CUNY for almost 30 years. He has taught at Harvard and Princeton as well. His goal is the complete Einstein’s dream of a “theory of everything,” to derive an equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, which will summarize all the physical laws of the universe. He is the co-founder of string theory, a major branch of string theory, which is the leading candidate today for the theory of everything. His Ph.D. level textbooks are required reading at many of the world’s leading physics laboratories.

    He is the author of several international bestsellers. He has two New York Times best-sellers, Physics of the Future, and Physics of the Impossible. Other books include Hyperspace and Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century. For Physics of the Future, he interviewed 300 of the world’s top scientists, many of them Nobel Laureates and directors of the largest scientific laboratories, about their vision for the next 20 to 100 years in computers, robotics, biotechnology, space travel, etc. These are the scientists who are inventing the future in their laboratories. The Physics of the Future gives the most authoritative and most authentic understanding of the world of the future. Physics of the Future was also chosen by Amazon as one of the Top 100 Books of 2011. His newest book, The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.

    His NY Times bestseller, Physics of the Impossible, earned glowing reviews from the LA Times, New Scientist Magazine, Guardian Newspaper (UK) and many, many more. It was also the number one science book in the United States.

    Dr. Kaku also does considerable public speaking on international radio and TV. He has appeared on the Larry King Show, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, CNN, CNN-Financial, ABC-TV News, Fox News, BBC-TV, BBC-Radio, PBS’s Nova and Innovation, Tech-TV. He has also appeared on the David Letterman Show, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O’Brian, and on HBO with Bill Maher, and has appeared on numerous science specials on PBS, the BBC, Channel 4, the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, A&E and the History Channel.

    In Jan. 2009, he signed a contract with the Science Channel to host a 12 part science series based on his best-seller, Physics of the Impossible. The series aired in Dec. 1, 2009. In the agreement, the Science Channel also asked Dr. Kaku to be the public face of the Science Channel. He also appears regularly of Fox News.

    He also hosts his own national weekly radio program which airs in 130 cities in the US and also the KU national satellite band and internet, called Science Fantastic. It is the largest nationally syndicated science radio show on commercial radio in the United States, and perhaps the world. He has also written for Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, New Scientist Magazine, Astronomy Magazine, Wired Magazine, and been quoted in Scientific American, NY Times,Washington Post, London Daily Telegraph, London Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wired Magazine, and Fast Magazine. He has written cover articles for New Scientist magazine, Astronomy magazine, and the Sunday London Times.

    Dr. Kaku frequently keynotes major business conferences about the next 20
    years in computers, finance, banking, and commerce. In particular, he has
    keynoted major conferences for major corporations, many of them
    controlling hundreds of billions of dollars in investments.

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Dr. Michio Kaku gives a series of fascinating lectures that encompass physics, commerce and the world of the future. His most popular presentation, Physics of the Future, takes his extensive research among 300 top scientists and uses it as a basis for predicting the future of medicine, computers, energy, quantum physics and space travel.

In other presentations Dr. Kaku employs his unparalleled knowledge of physics to talk about time travel, string theory, black holes and extraterrestrial civilizations.

The Future of the Mind
In this talk based on his book The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, Dr. Kaku illustrates stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience that are beginning to unravel the mysteries of the most complex object in the known universe—the human brain. Dr. Kaku takes audiences on a grand tour of what the future might hold, explaining how the brain functions and how technologies are changing our daily lives. He presents a radically new way to think about "consciousness" and provides fresh insights into mental illness, artificial intelligence and alien consciousness.

Physics of the Future
This presentation based on his book, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100, offers a stunning and provocative vision of the future. Based on interviews with more than 300 of the world's top scientists, Dr. Kaku presents revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, energy, quantum physics, and space travel that are changing our lives and altering the course of civilization.

The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Sure, we have our technology: airplanes, the internet, satellites. But what would an advanced civilization millions of years old look like? Learn about the different types, and why our civilization ranks a measly Type-0.

The Physics of Interstellar Travel
What would it take to reach the stars? Explore the real physics behind interstellar travel.

A Trip as Far Away as Space-Time Will Allow
When you want to explore the cosmos, do it in style by folding space-time! Read about the symposium sponsored by George Washington University and the Sci-Fi Channel.

The Physics of Time Travel
It looks easy in the movies, but time travel is still theory. Learn about the physics behind navigating time travel.

So You Want to Become a Physicist?
Becoming a physicist in 3 exciting steps! What more could you want?

Hyperspace and a Theory of Everything
How would a ′carp scientist′ explain the 3rd dimension, to his 2 dimensional pond inhabitants? Learn about higher dimensions from Dr. Kaku′s well known childhood story - the Japanese Tea Garden.

Black Holes, Wormholes and the Tenth Dimension
What lies on the other side of a black hole? Discover the quest to find a ′theory of everything′, which could finally explain some of the strangest objects in the cosmos and beyond.

M-Theory: The Mother of all Superstrings
What makes M-Theory a mother of all theories, and when will scientists be able to verify it? Learn about the people and concepts behind the M-Theory.

Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey
A vivid and exciting look at higher dimensions and their role in a ′theory of everything′.

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Books by Michio Kaku:

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The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

The Future of the Mind gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the world—all based on the latest advancements in neuroscience and physics. One day we might have a “smart pill” that can enhance our cognition; be able to upload our brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; send thoughts and emotions around the world on a “brain-net”; control computers and robots with our mind; push the very limits of immortality; and perhaps even send our consciousness across the universe.

Dr. Kaku takes us on a grand tour of what the future might hold, giving us not only a solid sense of how the brain functions but also how these technologies will change our daily lives. He even presents a radically new way to think about “consciousness” and applies it to provide fresh insight into mental illness, artificial intelligence and alien consciousness.



Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible—from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks—revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.

One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.

From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals—and the limits—of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories—Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never.



Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own. Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, “What happened before the big bang?” This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field.

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