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Michio Kaku

1947 - Today

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Michio Kaku (Japanese: カク ミチオ, 加來 道雄, ; born January 24, 1947) is an American 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michio Kaku has received more than 4,632,180 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Michio Kaku is the 202nd most popular physicist (down from 158th in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from United States (down from 669th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Physicist.

Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science. He is a professor of physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. His research covers topics in string theory, quantum mechanics, and quantum field theory.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Michio Kaku ranks 202 out of 851. Before him are Edward Mills Purcell, Steven Weinberg, Ilya Frank, Anton Zeilinger, Pyotr Kapitsa, and Francesco Maria Grimaldi. After him are David J. Wineland, Mihajlo Pupin, Alain Aspect, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Robert Hofstadter, and Richard E. Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Michio Kaku ranks 49. Before him are Linda B. Buck, Gigliola Cinquetti, Richard Griffiths, Ronnie Wood, Zahi Hawass, and James Woods. After him are Stan Kroenke, Alain Aspect, Bachir Gemayel, Tostão, Dick Fosbury, and Jonathan Pryce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michio Kaku ranks 768 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Rubin (1963), Buddy Holly (1936), James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), Jack Vance (1916), and William T. G. Morton (1819). After him are Louise Hay (1926), Albert Ellis (1913), Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), Greg Abbott (1957), and Stan Kroenke (1947).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Michio Kaku ranks 33. Before him are David Bohm (1992), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Douglas Osheroff (1945), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After him are David J. Wineland (1944), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Robert Hofstadter (1915), James Cronin (1931), David Lee (1931), and Arthur Ashkin (1922).

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