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Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku 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 b…
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science · American theoretical physicist, futurist and author · theoretical physicist · science writer · science communicator · futurist · university teacher · non-fiction writer · radio personality · physicist · television personality · popular science author · also Michio Kaku, Kaku
Born 24 January 1947 · Q486882
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
Yahoo: Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku: AI chatbots are ‘glorified tape recorders’
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2017· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Professor Michio Kaku said Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were caused by the United States Government modifying the weather.” False.
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2016· 1 entry
Futurism: Know Your Scientist: Michio Kaku
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2011· 1 entry
Democracy Now: Dr. Michio Kaku on “Physics of the Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life by 2100”
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2009· 1 entry
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 the book of the same name
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2008· 1 entry
Kaku hosted the three-hour BBC-TV documentary Visions of the Future, on the future of computers, medicine, and quantum physics, and he appeared in several episodes of the History Channel's Universe and Ancient Aliens ser
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2007· 2 entries
Reaffirmed his belief that the existence of extraterrestrial life is a certainty
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Kaku hosted the Discovery Channel series 2057
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1987· 5 entries
“Si al principio una idea no es completamente absurda, no existe la menor esperanza de lograr algo a partir de ella.”
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“No había ninguna forma de descartar que los viajes en el tiempo se pudieran llegar a producir. Por lo tanto, ahora afirma que, si bien viajar en el tiempo es posible, no resulta nada práctico.”
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“Dla fizyka komputer jest niczym więcej, jak tylko wymyśloną maszyną sumującą – czystej wody idiotą, nadrabiającym braki inteligencji prędkością.”
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“En muchísimas ocasiones se ha asegurado que algo es imposible, pero una o varias décadas después se ha demostrado su viabilidad.”
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“Jeśli nasz kosmos będzie czekała nieuchronna „śmierć cieplna”, to będziemy mogli uciec w inny wszechświat. Jaki? Taki jaki sami sobie stworzymy.”
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1975· 1 entry
And 1977 at the department of physics at the City College of the City University of New York, Kaku worked on research on quantum mechanics
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1968· 1 entry
During the Vietnam War, Kaku, who was about to be drafted, joined the United States Army, remaining until 1970
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-01-24.
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