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Jul 2019
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Ep49 - Michio Kaku: "The Future of Human...

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Michio Kaku is a world-renowned physicist, futurist, and author of numerous bestselling books including Beyond Einstein, Parallel Universes, The Future of the Mind, and Physics of the Impossible.

In this talk, he discusses the groundbreaking first image of a black hole as well as a range of topics related to his latest book, The Future of Humanity, in which he explores how humanity might gradually develop a sustainable civilization in outer space.

Get the book here: https://goo.gl/CGQTSp 

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