Michio Kaku

1947– · U.S.-American theoretical physicist, futurist and author

Topics: science, mathematics

• Remarkably, only a handful of fundamental physical principles are sufficient to summarize most of modern physics.

  — Michio Kaku

• Mathematics... is the set of all possible self-consistent structures, and there are vastly more logical structures than physical principles.

  — Michio Kaku

• When Physicists speak of "beauty" in their theories, they really mean that their theory possesses at least two essential features: 1. A unifying symmetry 2. The ability to explain vast amounts of experimental data with the most economical mathematical expressions.

  — Michio Kaku

• It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

  — Michio Kaku