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Kaku is suggesting that advances in science could make it possible to preserve or recreate animals that no longer exist. He compares that idea to a fictional park filled with extinct creatures, then imagines future zoos displaying animals from the past.
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About Michio Kaku
American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular science
Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and popular science writer. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written several books on physics and related subjects, and he is a familiar presence in radio, television, and film. He also writes regularly for his own blog and for other popular media outlets. In 2021, he received the Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award for work that helped connect science and science fiction.
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Books by Michio Kaku
Physics of the Impossible
2008
The future of humanity
2018
The God Equation
2021
Parallel Worlds
2004
Physics of the Future
2012