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Theoretical Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku Visits Chattanooga State on Thursday, April 5
Dr. Michio Kaku will visit Chattanooga State on Thursday, April 5.
Students, faculty, and staff will have two opportunities to hear Dr. Kaku speak.
Dr. Kaku will interact with the college community during an informal question and answer session in the Humanities Theatre at 1:30 p.m. and continue his visit with a formal presentation entitled “Physics of the Future,” which begins at 6 p.m. in the Health Fitness Center. His evening lecture is open to the public, and admission is free.
Continuing the work of Albert Einstein, Dr. Kaku is a principal researcher in the global quest to unite the four fundamental forces of the universe. In this pursuit, he is a co-founder of string field theory, which is the foremost model currently under consideration by the international scientific community. For more than 25 years, Dr. Kaku has been a member of the faculty at the City College of New York, where he teaches theoretical physics and holds the prestigious title of Henry Semat Chair and Professor.
Instinctively inquisitive, Dr. Kaku was a teenager when he assembled a particle accelerator in his parents’ garage. This astounding project, which he exhibited at the National Science Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico, attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller. Known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, Teller recognized Dr. Kaku’s talent and, as a board member of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, awarded him the esteemed Hertz Engineering Scholarship. With Teller’s endorsement, Dr. Kaku began his college career at Harvard University and graduated, summa cum laude, in 1968, with a Bachelor of Science in physics. He continued his education at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in 1972.
Dr. Kaku is a celebrated author. His latest publication, Physics of the Future, is a New York Times bestseller and examines the impact that revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel will have on the course of civilization. His other books are Physics of the Impossible (2008), Parallel Worlds (2006), Einstein’s Cosmos (2005), Visions (1999), Beyond Einstein (1995), and Hyperspace (1994).
Dr. Kaku is the host of two nationally-syndicated radio shows, Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science. He also hosts a television show, Sci Fi Science, a Discovery Channel program that explores whether the technologies of science fiction, concepts such as time travel, are possible realities for the future. In addition to these shows, he contributes expert commentary during programs airing on the BBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX News, and CNN.
For more information about Dr. Michio Kaku’s visit to Chattanooga State, contact Phyllis Mescon by email at phyllis.mescon@chattanoogastate.edu or by telephone at 423.697.3380
Dr. Michio Kaku will visit Chattanooga State on Thursday, April 5.
Students, faculty, and staff will have two opportunities to hear Dr. Kaku speak.
Dr. Kaku will interact with the college community during an informal question and answer session in the Humanities Theatre at 1:30 p.m. and continue his visit with a formal presentation entitled “Physics of the Future,” which begins at 6 p.m. in the Health Fitness Center. His evening lecture is open to the public, and admission is free.
Continuing the work of Albert Einstein, Dr. Kaku is a principal researcher in the global quest to unite the four fundamental forces of the universe. In this pursuit, he is a co-founder of string field theory, which is the foremost model currently under consideration by the international scientific community. For more than 25 years, Dr. Kaku has been a member of the faculty at the City College of New York, where he teaches theoretical physics and holds the prestigious title of Henry Semat Chair and Professor.
Instinctively inquisitive, Dr. Kaku was a teenager when he assembled a particle accelerator in his parents’ garage. This astounding project, which he exhibited at the National Science Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico, attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller. Known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, Teller recognized Dr. Kaku’s talent and, as a board member of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, awarded him the esteemed Hertz Engineering Scholarship. With Teller’s endorsement, Dr. Kaku began his college career at Harvard University and graduated, summa cum laude, in 1968, with a Bachelor of Science in physics. He continued his education at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in 1972.
Dr. Kaku is a celebrated author. His latest publication, Physics of the Future, is a New York Times bestseller and examines the impact that revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel will have on the course of civilization. His other books are Physics of the Impossible (2008), Parallel Worlds (2006), Einstein’s Cosmos (2005), Visions (1999), Beyond Einstein (1995), and Hyperspace (1994).
Dr. Kaku is the host of two nationally-syndicated radio shows, Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science. He also hosts a television show, Sci Fi Science, a Discovery Channel program that explores whether the technologies of science fiction, concepts such as time travel, are possible realities for the future. In addition to these shows, he contributes expert commentary during programs airing on the BBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX News, and CNN.
For more information about Dr. Michio Kaku’s visit to Chattanooga State, contact Phyllis Mescon by email at phyllis.mescon@chattanoogastate.edu or by telephone at 423.697.3380
