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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

1.1
Jeffrey L. Ward

1.2
Jeffrey L. Ward

1.3
Jeffrey L. Ward

1.4
Jeffrey L. Ward

1.5
AP Photo / David Duprey

1.5a
Tom Barrick, Chris Clark / Science Source

1.6
Jeffrey L. Ward

2.1
Jeffrey L. Ward

2.2
Jeffrey L. Ward

2.3
Jeffrey L. Ward

4.1
The Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Duke University

5.1
Jeffrey L. Ward

10.1
MIT Media Lab, Personal Robots Group

10.2
MIT Media Lab, Personal Robots Group, Mikey Siegel

A Note About the Author

MICHIO KAKU is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College and City University of New York; cofounder of string field theory; the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including
Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein, Physics of the Impossible
, and
Physics of the Future;
and host of numerous TV specials and a national science radio show.

Other titles by Michio Kaku available in eBook format
Parallel Worlds
• 9780385514163
Physics of the Future
• 9780385530811
Physics of the Impossible
• 9780385525442

Visions •
9780307794772

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