the rest of us can understand not only is he a professor of theoretical physics at the city university of new york he's also the host of the t.v. show sayf ice science physics of the impossible on the science channel as well as the host of two radio programs broadcast on over one hundred forty stations his current work is focused on finishing einstein's project of creating a unified theory to explain how everything works in the universe. and he is the co-founder of something called string field theory which we'll get into later his latest book is called physics of the future a science will shape human destiny and our daily lives whether you're twenty one hundred pleased to welcome from los angeles a man on the cutting edge of science after me. but your cock a welcome. glad to be on the show thank you very much i'm very very glad to have you with us i understand that when you were eight years old you had an epiphany that started you on this path. that's right some people remember the instant that princess diana died i remember the instant when albert einstein by it was in all the newspapers everyon

more conversations with the great minds i'm joined by the theoretical physicist at the city university of new york proposer machine. co-founder of string field theory and there are numerous bestselling books including his most recent physics of the future how science was shaped human destiny and our daily lives by the year twenty one hundred dr kaku you in your book i'm looking at page two nineteen here you have it which begins a rather lengthy discussion of nuclear fission and the different ways that you two thirty eight is separated from fuel to thirty five and what not we have just seen in japan the consequence. i guess for the third arguably for the third time in a big way of our experimentation with what some would suggest is something beyond our our ability to deal with what's what is your take on what has happened at daiichi. we have to realize that when engineers plan for the future they very rarely plan for the once in a century of and it's not going to happen in their lifetime it's not going to happen in their children's lifetime but hey sometimes it happens even if you don't plan for it

we have to fire a slew of workers would have to jack up its prices the answer is no no and no according to a new study coming out a u.c. berkeley and city university of new york wal-mart our nation's largest employer of poor workers could easily afford to pay all one point four million of their employees a fair living wage about twelve dollars an hour without having to fire anyone and without passing a huge price hike on their consumers in the most extreme case wal-mart shoppers would pay about forty six cents extra per shopping trip about twelve dollars per year to support the pay raises of them are employees and wal-mart would still have the lowest prices because of their monopoly purchasing power and market control but would that pay raise the twelve dollars an hour many employees of the retail giant could see as much as six thousand extra dollars in their annual earnings and considering the taxpayers foot the bill to the tune of four hundred twenty thousand dollars per year per store to help support wal-mart workers who are underpaid and thus in need of government assistance a few more bucks a year on groceries is well worth the investment securing this i

born new york city, 67 years of age, wife, aiden, two sons, one steppe son, one granddaughter. jewish, democrat. city collegef new york b.a., yale university, m. a. and phd. american studies and history. smith college professor of history 15 years. the washington quarterly published by the september are for strategic and international study, executive editor, two years, georgetown university. throwee, b. u. history professors, four years, united states institute of peace, director, 15 years. the center for democracy waington d.c.founder and president 18 years. national archives and records administration now archivist of the u.s. four months and currently. author and coauthor eight books including the story of america and the haunted wood. soviet espionage in america, the stalin era and penge, the hess chambers case. awards united nationsed peace media the u.n.'s highest medal of honor given to an individual working for the cause of international peace and the council of europe silver medal twice for "outstanding astains and guide answer." alan weinstein. doctor weinstein what is your mission at the u.s. national archives and h are you abl

of new york city managering 2 thousand square miles of the hudson valley. prior to heading up this agency commissioner loyd served as executive vice president for public affairs at colombia university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've g

of campuses across california. >>> stanford university is considering a satellite campus in new york city. the palo alto school is proposing a 10-acre site to serve about 500 students who would grow significantly over time. more than two dozen schools are offering bids to add a new york campus. >>> big changes could be coming for drivers in one east bay community, already costing motorists more to get behind the wheel. soon the parties parking their cars may increase too. linda yee with where and by how much. >> reporter: an, i'm in downtown walnut creek. it is a destination area for shopping and dining and for many people a really tough area to find parking, especially on sunday, which is one of their busiest days. so city leaders have come up with a proposal. why not start charging at metered spots? the idea is to open up parking spaces so the city council will consider charging for metered parking on sundays. >> you kind of feel like on sunday you deserve to have a free parking space. i don't know, it's a right or something, no? >> that's not a good idea. >> reporter: the plan is to als