미치오 카쿠

소개

미치오 카쿠(영어: Michio Kaku IPA: [ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː], 일본어: 加来 道雄 가쿠 미치오[*], 1947년 1월 24일~)는 일본계 미국인 미래학자이자 물리학자, 대중 과학 운동가이자 뉴욕시립대학교의 교수이다. 평행우주에 대한 견해를 대중에게 보급시킨 것으로 유명하며, 끈 장론에 대한 연구로도 잘 알려져 있다.

Michio Kaku 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. For his efforts to bridge science and science fiction, he is a 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Awardee.