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Michio Kaku

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Michio Kaku (; Japanese: カク ミチオ, 加來 道雄; born January 24, 1947) 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 blog, as well as other popular media outlets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michio Kaku is the 223rd most popular physicist (down from 202nd in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from United States (down from 768th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Physicist.

Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science. He is a professor of physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. His research covers topics in string theory, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory.

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Among physicists, Michio Kaku ranks 223 out of 851. Before him are Wolfgang Paul, Robert H. Goddard, Melvin Schwartz, Roy J. Glauber, Ralph Asher Alpher, and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. After him are Andrew Huxley, Makoto Kobayashi, Ettore Majorana, Alexander Prokhorov, Frederick Reines, and Klaus Fuchs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Michio Kaku ranks 49. Before him are Sam Neill, James Woods, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Stephen Collins, Gigliola Cinquetti, and Bruno Latour. After him are Aaron Ciechanover, Jonathan Pryce, Rob Rensenbrink, Ron Dennis, Farrah Fawcett, and Dick Advocaat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michio Kaku ranks 857 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura Bush (1946), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Isaac Singer (1811), Edmund Phelps (1933), Paul Morphy (1837), and Gary Becker (1930). After him are Larry Fink (1952), John Coltrane (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Lady Gaga (1986), Lana Turner (1921), and Dolly Parton (1946).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Michio Kaku ranks 47. Before him are David Lee (1931), Steven Weinberg (1933), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Roy J. Glauber (1925), and Ralph Asher Alpher (1921). After him are Frederick Reines (1918), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Arthur Ashkin (1922), David Bohm (1992), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), and Benjamin Thompson (1753).

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