Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku talks to ANSEP students at UAA

Updated: January 22, 2018 Published: January 21, 2018

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Physicist Dr. Michio Kaku talks to university, high school and elementary students at the University of Alaska Anchorage ANSEP building in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Kaku is a world-renowned physicist, New York Times best selling author and the co-founder of string field theory. (Bob Hallinen / ADN)

Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku spoke at the University of Alaska Anchorage ANSEP building Friday in Anchorage.

Kaku was the keynote speaker at the 23rd annual celebration of the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program.

Kaku is a world-renowned physicist, New York Times best-selling author and the co-founder of string field theory. String theory strives to reconcile Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and quantum physics, following Einstein's quest for a "theory of everything."

The ANSEP program's aim is to increase the number of Native students in science and engineering.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.