Michio Kaku
speaker
WORLD-RENOWNED PHYSICIST AND FUTURIST
Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, famed futurist and popularizer of science. He holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years.
CO-FOUNDER OF STRING FIELD THEORY
He is the co-founder of String Field Theory, carrying on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Michio Kaku is the author of 8 bestselling books; his latest book, ‘The Future of Humanity-Our Destiny in The Universe’, just hit the New York Times Bestseller list.
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
- Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe (with Jennifer Thompson)
- Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
- Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
- Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time
- Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
- Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
- The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
- The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
Books by Michio Kaku
Hyperspace
Already thoroughly familiar to the seasoned science fiction fan, hyperspace is that realm which enables a spaceship captain to take his ship on a physics-defying shortcut (or "wormhole") to the outer shores of the Galaxy in less time than it takes a 747 to fly from New York to Tokyo. But might such notions be more than science fiction? Some physicists suggest a 10-dimensional hyperspace may actual... Read More
The Future of Humanity
The No.1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in spaceHuman civilization is on the verge of living beyond Earth. But how will it happen? World-renowned physicist Michio Kaku takes us on a journey to the future, introducing the mind-boggling developments in robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology that will one day enable us to make our homes... Read More
Physics of the Impossible
From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact. Albert Einstein said, 'If at first an idea does not sound absurd, there is no hope for it.' Physics of the Impossible shows how our most far-fetched ideas today - from S... Read More
Einstein's Cosmos
An insightful new book putting Einstein's work in a contemporary contextFew figures loom as large as Albert Einstein in our contemporary culture. It is truly remarkable that a man from such humble beginnings, an unemployed dreamer without a future or a job, who was written off by his professors as a hopeless loser, could to dare to scale the heights he reached.In this enlightening book Michio Kaku... Read More
Physics of the Future: The Inventions That Will Transform Our Lives
Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Future: The Inventions that will Transform our Lives" is a hypothetical journey through the next 100 years of scientific innovation, as told by the scientists who are making it happen. We all wish we could predict the future, but most of us don't know enough about the science that makes it possible. That's why Michio Kaku decided to talk to the people who really know... Read More
Parallel Worlds
Getting a grip on the creation and ultimate fate of the universe is one of the great scientific stories of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first, the story is expanding to enfold many universes. This book tells this story. Using astronomical data, the author explores the Big Bang, theories of everything, and our cosmic future. Read More
The Future of the Mind
Michio Kaku, the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible, gives us a stunning and provocative vision of the future of the mindRecording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis - no longer are these feats of the mind solely the province of overheated science fiction. As Michio Kaku reveals, with the latest advances in brain scienc... Read More