Michio Kaku is een Amerikaanse futurist en theoretisch natuurkundige, gespecialiseerd in de snaartheorie. Hij is een popularisator van de wetenschap, gastheer van 2 radioprogramma's en een auteur. Dr. Kaku is hoogleraar Theoretische Natuurkunde aan het City College of New York.
"Michio Kaku (/ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː/; born 24 January 1947) is an American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science. He is a professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes online blogs and 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). Kaku has hosted several TV specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.
A revised and updated edition of an introduction to the most cutting-edge field in physics, superstring theory, explains how scientists have been able to join the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics to approach a theory of the universe.