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NatalieNovella
PhysicsClass
Mr.RobVetter
November3,2014

Whenyoucomeupwithatheory,youfallinlovewiththebeautythesimplicityandelegance
ofit.Butthenyouhavetogetasheetofpaperandpencilandcrackoutallthedetails.Hundreds
andhundredsofpages.Becauseyouhavetoproveit.
MichioKaku

MichioKakuisatheoreticalscientistandaleadingfigureinthemovementtopopulate
scienceonceagain.Inhisfreetimehewritesbestsellingbooksexplainingphysicsandhow
advancementsinthefieldwillshapethefuture.KakuisalsocurrentlytryingtocompleteAlbert
Einsteinsquesttounitethefourfundamentalforcesofnatureintoasingleunifiedtheoryof
everything.InEinstein'sequation,timeisariver.Itspeedsup,meanders,andslowsdown.The
newwrinkleisthatitcanhavewhirlpoolsandforkintotworivers.So,iftheriveroftimecanbe
bentintoapretzel,createwhirlpoolsandforkintotworivers,thentimetravelcannotberuled
out.
KakuhasstarredinatonofscienceprogramsfortelevisionsuchasDiscovery,Science
Channel,BBC,ABC,andHistoryChannel.Beyondhisnumerousbestsellingbooks,hehasalso
beencolumnistfortoppopularsciencepublicationssuchasPopularMechanics,WIRED,
Discover,Newsweek,COSMOS,andNewScientist.

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MichioKakuisthecofounderofStringFieldtheory.Firstofall,theBigBangwasnt
verybig.Secondofall,therewasnobang.Third,BigBangTheorydoesn'ttellyouwhat
banged,whenitbanged,howitbanged.Itjustsaiditdidbang.SotheBigBangTheoryinsome
senseisatotalmisnomer.TheStringTheorytakesyoubeforetheBigBang.StringTheory
saysthatmaybetwouniversescollidedtocreateouruniverse,ormaybeouruniverseisbutted
fromanotheruniverseleavingawormhole.Hehasalsofoundanequationtosupportthistheory:

ThoughKakuhopestoonedaycondensethetheoryofeverythingintojustaninch,he
willhavetostickwiththisfornow.

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MichioKakubuiltanatomsmasherinhisgaragewhenhewasonlyatennager.Kaku
claimshismomsaiditwasalrightaslongashetookoutthegarbagefirst.Hemethiswife
whileiceskating.Itssomethingtheybothenjoydoingtogethernowwiththeirtwodaughters.
Hehastwodaughtersandjokesthateventhoughheisafuturisthisdaughterstellhimhistastein
musicisabsolutelyprehistoric.IfyoucountTheBeatlesasprehistoric,thatis.

Overall,MichioKakuhasbeenaveryinfluentialmodernphysicist.Heiswidelyand
wellknownforhisworksasafuturistheinspirespeopletohavesomethingtolookforwardin
thefuture.Ontopofbeingagreatfamilyman,healsohappenstobeabestsellingauthor,a
professor,andthecofounderoftheStringFieldTheory.

Iwanttoknowhowfaryoucanpushscienceuntilitcompletelyfallsapart.
MichioKaku

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