SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION

SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION

Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist who specializes in string field theory — and in making scientific concepts understandable to a popular audience. This essay comes from his book Physics of the Impossible (2008), a collection of essays that examine the real science behind fictional ideas like death rays and invisibility cloaks.

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