MICHIO KAKU is a professor of physics at the City University of New York, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein, Physics of the Impossible, and Physics of the Future. He is the science correspondent for CBS's This Morning and host of the radio programs Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science.
Praise for The Future of the Mind, #1 New York
Times Bestseller
"Compelling...Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he
presents us are worth the trip" --The New York Times Book
Review
"Intriguing....extraordinary findings...A fascinating sprint
through everything from telepathy research to the 147,456
processors of the Blue Gene computer, which has been used to
simulate 4.5% of the brain's synapses and neurons"
--Nature "Fizzes with his characteristic
effervescence....Fascinating..... For all his talk of surrogates
and intelligent robots, no manufactured being could have a fraction
of his charisma."
--The Independent
"A mind-bending study of the possibilities of the brain....a clear
and readable guide to what is going on at a time of astonishingly
rapid change."
--The Telegraph
"In this expansive, illuminating journey through the mind,
theoretical physicist Kaku (Physics of the Future) explores
fantastical realms of science fiction that may soon become our
reality. His futurist framework merges physics with neuroscience...
applied to demonstrations that "show proof-of-principle" in
accomplishing what was previously fictional: that minds can be
read, memories can be digitally stored, and intelligences can be
improved to great extents. The discussion, while heavily
scientific, is engaging, clear, and replete with cinematic
references... These new mental frontiers make for
captivating reading"
-Publishers Weekly
"Kaku turns his attention to the human mind with equally satisfying
results...Telepathy is no longer a fantasy since scanners can
already detect, if crudely, what a subject is thinking, and
genetics and biochemistry now allow researchers to alter memories
and increase intelligence in animals. Direct electrical stimulation
of distinct brain regions has changed behavior, awakened comatose
patients, relieved depression, and produced out-of-body and
religious experiences... Kaku is not shy about quoting
science-fiction movies and TV (he has seen them all)... he
delivers ingenious predictions extrapolated from good research
already in progress."
-Kirkus Reviews "Facts to ponder: there are as many stars in our
galaxy (about 100 billion) as there are neurons in your brain; your
cell phone has more computing power than NASA had when it landed
Apollo 11 on the moon. These seemingly unrelated facts tell us two
things: our brains are magnificently complex organisms, and science
fiction has a way of becoming reality rather quickly. This deeply
fascinating book by theoretical physicist Kaku explores what might
be in store for our minds: practical telepathy and telekinesis;
artificial memories implanted into our brains; and a pill that will
make us smarter. He describes work being done right now on using
sensors to read images in the human brain and on downloading
artificial memories into the brain to treat victims of strokes and
Alzheimer's. SF fans might experience a sort of breathless thrill
when reading the book--This stuff is happening! It's really
happening!--and for general readers who have never really thought
of the brain in all its glorious complexity and potential, the book
could be a seriously mind-opening experience."
-Booklist
Praise for Physics of the Future
"[A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological
progress over the next century or so.... fascinating--and related
with commendable clarity"--Wall Street Journal
"Mind-bending........Kaku has a gift for explaining incredibly
complex concepts, on subjects as far-ranging as nanotechnology and
space travel, in language the lay reader can
grasp....engrossing"--San Francisco Chronicle "Epic in its scope
and heroic in its inspiration"--Scientific American "[Kaku] has
the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn
them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the
future.....fun...fascinating. And just a little bit spooky"--USA
Today
Praise for Physics of the Impossible
"An invigorating experience"
-The Christian Science Monitor "Kaku's latest book aims to
explain exactly why some visions of the future may eventually be
realized while others are likely to remain beyond the bounds of
possibility. . . . Science fiction often explores such questions;
science falls silent at this point. Kaku's work helps to fill a
void."--The Economist "Mighty few theoretical physicists
would bother expounding some of these possible impossibilities, and
Kaku is to be congratulated for doing so. . . . [He gets] the
juices of future physicists flowing."--Los Angeles Times
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