Michio Kaku Biography

Fast Facts

• The publisher of numerous books, his first, Hyperspace, was named a top seller by The New York Times and earned a Samuel Johnson Prize nomination
• Joined the Institute for Advanced Study as a member in 1990
• After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard in 1968, he would go on to earn his Ph․D․ at Berkeley four years later
• After sparking the interest of Edward Teller at a national science fair, he would become the physicist's protégé after being awarded the Hertz Engineering Scholarship
• Once served as an adjunct professor at Princeton University and the City College of New York
• Initially trained with the U․S․ Army during Vietnam, but the war ended prior to his deployment
• Published one of the first research papers describing string theory