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Doubleday Books Facebook Sweepstakes (Win Two Books About the Hidden Designs of Our World)
Doubleday Books has launched a contest on their Facebook Fanpage for the opportunity to win two books about the hidden designs of our world. The details are simple: Become a Fan of the Doubleday Books fanpage by Clicking LIKE and Enter the Sweepstakes on the landing page. Only persons residing in United States who are at least 13 years of age can enter. Sweepstakes Ends on February 15, 2012 @ 12:00 pm (EST).
Five lucky winners will win two books on the cutting edge of physical & natural science, Physics of the Future, by Michio Kaku, and Design in Nature, by Adrian Bejan.
2012 Paperback Book Tour Dates & Locations for Physics of the Future: How Science will Change Daily Life by 2100
Tuesday, February 21
Albany, NY – New York State Writer’s Institute
Venue: Campus Center Ballroom
Time: 8:00pm
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Wednesday, February 22
Louisville, KY – Kentucky Author Forum
Venue: Kentucky Author Forum
Time: tk
624 West Main, Second Floor, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Thursday, February 23
Berkeley, CA – KPFA Live Event
Venue: Hillside Club
Time: tk
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA
Friday, February 24
Seattle, WA – Town Hall Seattle (partnered with Elliott Bay Books)
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall
Time: 7:30pm
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
(Holiday Sale - $24) Collaboration T-Shirt (Kaku Official / Imaginary Foundation)
“SOMEWHERE SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IS WAITING TO BE KNOWN.” Such are the sage words of the late great Dr. Carl Sagan. Such is the axiom of The IMAGINARY FOUNDATION. And such is the life mission of physicist/futurist Dr. Michio Kaku. The big ideas and new frontiers that elevate that statement from the ramblings of mere mortals to a cosmic causeway for the enlightenment of humanity are core to our special connection with The IMAGINARY FOUNDATION.
We are proud to reveal to you the first item of our collaboration and to what we hope will become a vast collection of artful clothing and accessories for people who choose to transcend the ordinary…
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Last Ten Blog Posts from Dr. Kaku’s Universe (Big Think Blog)
For your convenience, here is a list of the last ten blog entries from Dr. Kaku’s blog (Dr. Kaku’s Universe) hosted at Big Think. Be sure to leave your questions in the comment sections below each blog entry as Dr. Kaku will be periodically answering questions from fans. Stay tuned for more updates!
- MARS Updates Including The Curiosity Rover, The Flow of Liquid Water and Possible Manned Missions
- Has the Brain Drain of Top Scientists Caused the US to Lose Its Edge?
- What Killed the Dinosaurs? The Mystery Continues to Deepen…
- Dr. Kaku Attending the LIVE Panel Discussion for Transcendent Man - A Conversation About the Future and How You Can Participate
- Preparing for the 100 Year Storm and Wondering if the Three Simultaneous Nuclear Crises are an Accident? (Part 2/2)
- United States Hit With a Triple Nuclear Threat - How Dangerous is it? (Part 1/2)
- The Ancient Greeks and the First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2011
- Three-Month Update of Fukushima Accident and the Flood of New Information Coming Out
- Physicists Discover New Forms of Matter & Add to the Periodic Table
- We Will Become Like the Gods We Once Feared
You’ve Got Michio Kaku - AOL Video
The AOL You’ve Got Series: Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku talks about how science fiction will one day become reality — http://aol.it/rbcFMT (7/6/11)
Rose-Hulman 2011 Commencement Speech
“Boundaries are being broken by technology,” Dr. Michio Kaku told the class of 2011 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s 133rd Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 28, in the Sports and Recreation Center. Dr. Kaku’s Delta flight from Moscow was cancelled due to mechanical difficulties. By burning the midnight oil, and with the help of the modern technology he loves to promote, Dr. Kaku managed to get this video to Rose-Hulman in time for the 2011 Commencement. Here’s the complete “uncut” version of Dr. Kaku’s 2011 Commencement speech.
Science Friday (Office Hours with Michio Kaku)
Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku takes us on a tour of his office, where he writes his bestsellers and records his radio shows. The futuristic 1950s TV show Flash Gordon jump-started his interest in science. Watching it as a kid, Kaku realized that it was the problem-solving scientist, not the chiseled crimefighter Flash, who was really the hero.
Read and Share the Last 10 Blog Posts on Dr. Kaku’s Universe
Read and Share the Last 10 Blog Posts on Dr. Kaku’s Universe and don’t forget to sign up for the Weekly Newsletter. Please also be encouraged the register an account so you can leave comments on each of the blog posts where Dr. Kaku will be answering questions.
- The Possible Discovery of the Higgs Will Shake the Foundations of Physics
- Why Are Batteries so Primitive?
- Why Quantum Physics Ends the Free Will Debate
- Is it Time to Appoint a Body of Top Scientists to Succeed the Fukushima Utility and Treat them as Consultants?
- The Cheapest Way to Terraform Mars
- Hanging by your Fingernails - The Fukushima Meltdown
- Japanese Radiation Mystery: “Where is all the Radiation Coming From?”
- The Universe Is a Symphony of Vibrating Strings
- Blunder and Confusion at Fukushima Reactor On Sunday
- Another Setback at Reactor Creates Race Against Time
4/15 Appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) to Discuss Nuclear Crisis in Japan
4/15 appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) to discuss the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan and what the utility is doing to combat the issue.
Appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman (The Nuclear Crisis in Japan)
What are the best-and-worst-case scenarios for the nuclear crisis in Japan? Theoretical physics professor and author Dr. Michio Kaku shares his opinions with David Letterman on The Late Show.
Read and Share the Last 10 Blog Posts on Dr. Kaku’s Universe!
Read and Share the Last 10 Blog Posts on Dr. Kaku’s Universe and don’t forget to sign up for the Weekly Newsletter. Please also be encouraged the register an account so you can leave comments on each of the blog posts where Dr. Kaku will be answering questions.
- The Technological Singularity and Merging With Machines
- The Theory of Everything
- Andromeda Offers Clues Into the Formation of Galaxies Including Our Own
- IBM’s Watson Computer Beats the Superstars of Jeopardy! But What Does it Mean?
- Mankind Has Stopped Evolving
- The Search for Antimatter
- First Ever Panoramic View of the Sun Released by NASA
- Book Tour Dates & Locations For March 15th Release of Physics of the Future: How Science will Change Daily Life by 2100
- Energies of the Future
- What’s Behind the Monster Snowstorms?
Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers (NOVA Science Now-PBS)
The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers with Michio Kaku - NOVA Science Now on PBS.
Video Clips include: The Theory of Everything, 10 Questions for Michio, You can Spin Forever & 30 Second Science with Michio Kaku.
The Last 10 Blog Entries from Dr. Kaku’s Universe (Hosted by BigThink.com) 01/27 - 01/05
Read the last ten blog entries on Dr. Kaku’s BigThink.com blog - Dr. Kaku’s Universe. Don’t forget to register on the Big Think website so you can make comments on the blog entries where Dr. Kaku will be answering questions.
- What’s Behind the Monster Snowstorms?
- Astronomers Discover World’s Oldest Galaxy
- Practical Applications And Potential Improvements of Cryogenics And Suspended Animation
- The Nintendo 3DS: The Technology Behind a New Generation of 3D Gaming Consoles
- Can We Download Our Brains?
- Back from Extinction? Scientists Plan To Clone Woolly Mammoth
- Colliding Galaxies in a Expanding Universe
- What is Really Causing the Spate of Sudden Animal Deaths?
- What Will the Next Decade Bring for Medicine?
- The Digital Age in an Analog World
WSJ: Another Earth in Outer Space?
Astronomers using NASA’s space-based Kepler Telescope may be close to finding the first Earth-like planets in outer space, potentially capable of supporting life. Such a discovery could change the way we view our place in the universe. WSJ’s Michael Kofsky reports.
The Last Ten Blog Entries from Dr. Kaku’s Universe (Hosted by BigThink.com) 12/09 - 01/05
Read the last ten blog entries on Dr. Kaku’s BigThink.com blog; Dr. Kaku’s Universe. Don’t forget to register on the Big Think website so you can make comments on the blog entries where Dr. Kaku will be answering questions
- The Digital Age in an Analog World
- Personal Genome Sequencing Technology is Now Faster and Cheaper—And Fits on a Tabletop
- Parts of Me Ooze in All Directions
- Could We Transport Our Consciousness Into Robots?
- Ice Volcano Identified on Titan
- Rare Cosmic Event to Transpire Tuesday Morning
- The Metaphysics of Teleportation
- Scientists Discover the First Carbon-Rich Planet—Which May Have Mountains of Diamonds
- “The Colbert Report,” “Conan,” and Science Education
- A New Era for NASA?
