you are on with michio kaku. please go ahead. >> caller: my question is we were looking at the earth and trying to to determine if -- do we have the technology to go and we're looking at the moon or would it appear as one planet? >> host: do we have the technology -- >> caller: would we be able to determine the mass of the earth and realize there was also a moon or would it appear as one planet? >> host: could we determine the mass of the earth and the moon? >> guest: yes. isaac newton centuries ago worked out the laws of gravity to calculate the mass of the sun, the mass of stars in our space. we can measure the mass of terrestrial bodies. because we know the rate of rotation of the earth around the sun we can use that information to calculate the mass of the earth and the mass of the sun. the dynamics of the solar system which nasa uses everyday actually was not devised by einstein but isaac newton several centuries ago. >> host: patrick in philadelphia, good afternoon. go ahead with your question or comment. >

michio kaku who is just amazing. i love this guy. [applause] just a footnote, i'm joel from the washington post. [laughter] i assume you knew. [laughter] but i write, i love the big cosmic questions, and there's no one better at asking and answering the big cosmic, i amazing questions than dr. kaku. he is just a genius at it. he's the co-founder of stringfield theory, he's written multiple bestsellers. he refers to them as new york times best sell ors, but i don't use that term. [laughter] but this book begins, the first line -- his new book is "the future of the mind," is the name of the book. and the first line is: the two greatest mysteries in all of nature are the mind and the universe. so we start from that. and he asks the questions do we have a soul? what happens to us after we die? who am i anyway? where do we fit into this great cosmic scheme? and that's on the fors page. laugh -- on the first page, you know? [laughter] i mean, this is the stuff that people, you know, when you're in college at 3:00 in the morning when you're

michio kaku, who is just amazing. i love this guy.applause] just a footnote, i enjoyed off of mock from the "washington post." i assume you knew. but i love the big cosmic questions. and there's no one better at ascii variants. big cosmic amazing questions than dr. kaku. he is a cofounder and a theoretical physicist in new york. he's written multiple bestsellers. he refers to them as "new york times" bestsellers. i don't use that term. [laughter] but this book begins the first line. the new book is a "the future of the mind." the first line as the two greatest mysteries and all of nature are the mine in the universe. so we start from that. he asks the question, do we have a soul? what happens to us after we die? who am i anyway? where do we fit into this great cosmic scheme? and that is on the first page. [laughter] you know, this is the stuff that people, when you are in college a free clock in the morning and you are in the dorm room, you know from the stand up all night drinking healthy carrot juice or whatever. this is what you ta

mitch michio kijima, world world, tock yo. tokyo. >>> there are a number of reasons behind abe's decision to shake up his cabinet. nhk world's mayaka umbe was here earlier to help us understand why now. >> prime minister abe says the current cabinet lineup has helped achieve results. he wants to renew his team to launch the second chapter of his administration. abe is facing a number of challenges. he says he wants to work on national security and regional revitalization. so he's creating new cabinet positions. on top of that, there's a unified local election next spring. this is an opportunity for abe's liberal democratic party to expand its influence. the reshuffle is also a way for the prime minister to foster party unity. it gives other ldp members a chance to enter the cabinet and helps abe maintain broad support. that support will come in handy next fall during the leadership election. abe needs to stay in charge of the party in he wants to keep his job as prime minister. >> mayuko, this is the first reshuffle since abe

but the next three hours through a preview michio kaku, david theodore george and adrienne mayor. the first time he restrained three, author and industry to "the sibley guide to birds." he might thank you all for coming indoors on a beautiful summer off turn in. there we go. and my father is an ornithologist, so that probably has something to do with my early interest in birds. before as long as i can remember, i enjoy guys and i enjoyed earth in the two things that went together perfectly. drawing is just a great way to learn about something and there's so much to learn about birds. so for me, birdieing and drawing have always been one thing, a combination that could never separate. this is a drawing of a paragraph talking that i did in 1969 when i was about eight years old. it is copied from one of my father's birth books. and here is me at age 13. my father being an ornithologist could offer lots of opportunities to me like bird banding. so i learned berg handing out i look back at that is one of the really important aspects of my earlybird study, the opportunity to hold a bird

[applause] >> michio kaku spoke to booktv about the future of the mind last weekend. watch that online at booktv.org. coming up next, david theodore george presents his book, "untangling the mind," why we behave the way we do. >> now, i would like to introduce dr. david theodore george, the author of, "untangling the mind." in "untangling the mind," dr. george presented us with a virtual owners manuel of the brain, how it works, how it is put together and what outcomes you may expect from the inputs we all make to it every day. s. i think three major parts of the book explain themselves very well. part one, why emotions spin out of control. part two, losing it, extreme behavior. and part three, thankfully, seeking healthy emotions. as dr. george goes through his presentation he will probably explain to you as how these all knit together. why you see such aberrant behavior as road rage, addiction and other extreme and unexpected reactions so stimuli. on behalf of the library of congress i present dr. theodore george. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is quite a pri

michio kaku who is just amazing. i love this guy. [applause] just a footnote, i'm joel from the washington post. [laughter] i assume you knew. [laughter] but i write, i love the big cosmic questions, and there's no one better at asking and answering the big cosmic, i amazing questions than dr. kaku. he is just a genius at it. he's the co-founderf

this weekend watch our coverage from the science pavilion including authors michio kaku, lynn scherr and david sinly. for a complete schedule, visit us online. and throughout the weekend, interviews and tours from booktv's recent visit to cheyenne, wyoming. plus, mike gonzalez on "after words" discusses his book "a race for the future." he talks about the book with niger innis, the executive director of the teaparty.net. and books on richard nixon, war and the economy and much more. for more on this weekend's schedule, visit us online at booktv.org: >> host: and you're watching booktv on c-span2. we are on location at pepperdine university in malibu, california, as part of our university series. we like to visit universities and colleges and talk to professors who are also authors. joining us now is craig detweiler. his book, "igods: how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives," here's the book cover. but, professor detweiler, before we get into that, what do you teach here at pepperdine? >> guest: i am a film maker first, and so i teach screenwriting, i teach production, i