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Michio Kaku describes the universe as a symphony of vibrating strings, where physics, chemistry, and life play their parts. He is fascinated by the twin puzzles of the universe’s origin and consciousness. String theory frames particles as tiny vibrations, turning matter into music.

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I believe we exist in a multiverse of universes.

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What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music…

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“Cosmology is the study of the universe as a whole, including its birth and perhaps its ultimate fate.”

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The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most…

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String theory is based on the simple idea that all the four forces of the universe: gravity, the electromagnetic force and the…

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“The universe is a symphony of strings. And the "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout…

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To become a theoretical physicist ... you need to have a passionate love affair with the universe.

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No one knows who wrote the laws of physics or where they come from. Science is based on testable, reproducible evidence, and…

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We believe that black holes collapse to rings hitting very fast. If you follow through the ring you don't die. The mathematics…

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Math is discovered. To be invented requires an inventor, but math exists outside of humanity. But ultimately, the laws of the universe…

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The most likely possibility, favored by current data, is that the universe will die in Ice, not Fire. However, personally I believe…

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“So the scale law rules out the familiar idea of worlds-within-worlds found in science fiction, that is, the idea that inside the…

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What I do for living, working on something called string theory which we think may answer the fundamental question: Are there other…

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The next big accelerator might be the ILC in Japan, a linear collider which might be able to probe the boundaries of…

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We need a theory that goes before the Big Bang, and that's String Theory. String Theory says that perhaps two universes collided…

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Technologies that may be realized in centuries or millennium include: warp drive, traveling faster than the speed of light, parallel universes; are…

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The idea that excites me the most concerns the two greatest puzzles in science: the origin of the universe, and the origin…

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Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero Uno? Am I going to get better television reception? Am I going to…

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...the laws of physics, carefully constructed after thousands of years of experimentation, are nothing but the laws of harmony one can write…

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“[On the practical applications of particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider.] Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero…

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Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers.…

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You know; when I look at the night sky and I see this enormous splendor of stars and galaxies, I sometimes ask…

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The human mind has a desire to know its place in the universe and the role we play in the tapestry of…

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I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own…

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“Inflation is continuous and eternal, with big bangs happening all the time, with universes sprouting from other universes. In this picture, universes…

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The universe is a symphony of strings, and the mind of God that Einstein eloquently wrote about for thirty years would be…

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This is a huge step toward unraveling Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1-what happened in the beginning. This is a Genesis machine. It'll…

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Modern thinking is that time did not start with the big bang, and that there was a multiverse even before the big…

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However, one new theory says that dark matter may be ordinary matter in a parallel universe. If a galaxy is hovering above…

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A hydrogen bomb, for me, was puny compared to the Big Bang - the creation of the universe. That's what I really…

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The Europeans and the Americans are not throwing $10 billion down this gigantic tube for nothing. We're exploring the very forefront of…

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One theory is that the universe came from nothing. i.e. perhaps bubble-universes collided, as in a bubble bath, and gave birth to…

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We should explore new ways to drive down the cost of space travel. instead of costly booster rockets, maybe we should think…

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The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant…

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A human body can think thoughts, play a piano, kill germs, remove toxins, make a baby all at once. Once it's doing…

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If you take a look at the most fantastic schemes that are considered impossible: teleportation, warp drive, parallel universes, other dimensions, artificial…

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If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of…

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In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the…

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A human body can think thoughts, play a piano, kill germs, remove toxins, make a baby all at once. Once it's doing that your…

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Science is about principles. It's about concepts. It's not about memorizing the parts of a flower. It helps to know some of these things,…

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“There are an estimated 100 billion neurons residing inside the skull with an exponential amount of neural connections”

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The idea that excites me the most concerns the two greatest puzzles in science: the origin of the universe, and the origin of consciousness.…