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Meet Dr Michio Kaku Meet Dr Michio Kaku World renowned theoretical scientist, famed futurist, one of the most respected scientists, a co-founder of string theory, a great communicator, a TV and radio celebrity – all those phrases describe dr Michio Kaku ( pronounced /ˈ miː tʃ ioʊ ˈ kɑː kuː /- if you are not sure how to read the phonetic script, ask your English teacher, they will be more than pleased to help you with it ). Dr Michio Kaku was born on January 24, 1947 and is a highly respected American theoretical physicist, best- selling author and popularizer of science. Dr Michio Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center who holds the Henry Semat Chair and professorship in theoretical physics. He has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes an online blog ( Exploration in Science ) and popular science articles. He has written three New York Times best sellers: Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). Dr Michio Kaku has regularly appeared on the BBC, the CNN, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel to name just a few. Dr Michio Kaku was born in San Jose, California, to Japanese American parents. While attending Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, MIchio Kaku assembled a particle accelerator in his parents' garage for a science fair project. His goal was to generate "a beam of gamma rays powerful enough to create antimatter." At the National Science Fair in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller, who took Kaku as a protégé, awarding him the Hertz Engineering Scholarship. Kaku graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1968 and was first in his physics class. He attended the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in 1972, and that same year held a lectureship at Princeton University. Kaku was drafted into the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He completed his basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and advanced infantry training at Fort Lewis, Washington. However, the Vietnam War ended before he was deployed as an infantryman. As part of the research program in 1975 and 1977 at the department of physics at The City College of The City University of New York, Michio Kaku worked on research on quantum mechanics. He currently holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York. Kaku has had more than 70 articles published in physics journals such as Physical Review, covering topics such as superstring theory, supergravity, supersymmetry, and hadronic physics. In his published work, Dr Michio Kaku has also been dedicated to make physics more accessible to non-scientists. Dr Michio Kaku is also the host of the weekly one-hour radio program Exploration, which covers general topics of science, war, peace and the environment. In April 2006, Dr Kaku began broadcasting Science Fantastic to which he invites Nobel laureates and top researchers in the fields of string theory, time travel, black holes, gene therapy, aging, space travel, artificial intelligence and SETI. Dr Michio Kaku can also be viewed on YouTube where he speaks on variety of topics. To find out about the universe go to Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbBjNiw4tk To find out about future jobs go to Michio Kaku - Making Sense of the Presidential Election https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHNJN0uI4wA Glossary world renowned - światowej sławy string theory - teoria strun the Henry Semat Chair - honorowy dziekan katedry fizyki teoretycznej imienia profesora Henry’ego Semat’a professorship – profesura to assemble – zmontować, złożyć a particle accelerator – accelerator cząstek a science fair – festival nauki a beam of gamma rays - wiązka promieni gamma a protégé - protegowany scholarship - stypendium to graduate summa cum laude - ukończyć studia z wyróżnieniem to receive a Ph.D. – otrzymać doktorat to hold a lectureship at a university – prowadzić wykłady, być wykładowcą akademickim to be drafted – zostać powołanym do wojska infantry - piechota to deploy - rozmieścić, rozlokować, wysłać the sources used: https://www.famousscientists.org, http://www.biography.com https://en.wikipedia.org adapted by Magdalena Śliwerska .
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