Today in History: 24 January 1947: American physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science books, Michio Kaku was born in San Jose, California. A photograph of Albert Einstein's desk at the time of his death inspired Kaku to pursue a career in Physics. For a high school science fair, he built a 2.3 MeV "atom smasher" tha…
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