Kaku, Michio

He was born in a family of Japanese immigrants : his grandfather came to America to participate in the earthquake relief operation in San Francisco in 1906 , his father was born in California, but was educated in Japan and spoke poor English; father met his mother during World War II in the camp for interned Japanese , and his elder brother was born there.

He studied , was the captain of the school’s chess team. In his school years, he built a Wilson chamber and a 2.3 million electron-volt particle accelerator ^[4] , presented designs at the national science fair in Albuquerque , where he attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller . Teller helped get scholarship and enrolled at Harvard University . He received his bachelor's degree at Harvard in 1968, after which he entered the radiation laboratory at Berkeley , where in 1972 he became a doctor of philosophy . In 1973 he was invited to Princeton University .

During the Vietnam War, he was drafted into the army, graduated from basic training at Fort Benning ( Georgia ) and advanced training for infantry at ( Washington ), but did not get to the front due to the end of the war.

Since the 1980s, he has been a teacher at New York City College .

Wife - Shizue Kaku, the family has two daughters. As of the 2010s, he lives with his family in New York.

He is an active popularizer of theoretical physics and modern concepts of the device of the universe, the author of books whose goal is to try to convey complex scientific theories to the mass reader in an accessible language. Often speaks on radio and television, starred in documentaries, in particular, was the host of the Discovery TV channel and . A number of books and television programs have been translated into many languages ​​of the world.

He is fond of figure skating ^[5] .

• Michio Kaku. Introduction to superstring theory. - M .: Mir , 1999 .-- 624 p. - ISBN 5-03-002518-9 . (Translated from English - Michio Kaku. Introduction to Superstrings , Springer, 1990, 568 p., ISBN 978-0-387-96700-4 )
• Michio Kaku. Parallel Worlds. About the device of the universe, higher dimensions and the future of the Cosmos . - M .: Sofia, 2008 .-- 416 p. - ISBN 978-5-91250-520-1 . (Translated from English - Michio Kaku. Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos , Anchor, 2006, 448 p., ISBN 978-1-4000-3372-0 )
• Michio Kaku. Physics of the impossible. - M .: Alpina non-fiction , 2009 .-- 456 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-024-3 . (Translated from English - Michio Kaku. Physics of the Impossible , New York: Doubleday, 2008, 329 p., ISBN 978-0-385-52069-0 )
• Michio Kaku. Physics of the future. - M .: Alpina non-fiction, 2012 .-- 584 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-164-6 . Archived on August 19, 2014. (Translated from English - Michio Kaku. Physics of the Future , New York: Doubleday; First Edition, 2011, 416 p., ISBN 978-0-385-53080-4 )
• Michio Kaku. Hyperspace. A scientific odyssey through parallel worlds, holes in time and the tenth dimension. - M .: Alpina Non-fiction, 2014 .-- 502 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-397-8 . *
• Michio Kaku. The Future of Mind = The Future Of The Mind. The Scientific Quest To Understand, Enhance, And Empower The Mind. - M .: Alpina Non-fiction, 2015 .-- 502 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-369-5 .
• Michio Kaku. Einstein's space. How Albert Einstein's discoveries changed our ideas about space and time. - M.: Alpina Non-fiction, 2016 .-- 272 p.
• Michio Kaku. The future of humanity. Colonization of Mars, travel to the stars and gaining immortality = Michio Kaku. THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth. - M .: Alpina Non-fiction, 2018 .-- ISBN 978-5-00139-053-4 .

• Michio Kaku Official Website
• Tatyana Gromova. Michio Kaku: Learning will no longer be based on memorization // Power of Money . - 2014.
• Alexander Golubov. Reporter: Just about the difficult. Interview with Futuologist Physicist Michio Kaku // Korrespondent.net . - 2013.
• Amina Khan. Interview with physicist Michio Kaku: predictions for the future // Los Angeles Times . - 2011.