March 28, 2008: Impossible Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

March 28, 2008: Impossible Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

From The Art Bell Archive by Arthur William Bell III

April 21, 2026 · 2h 35m

About this episode

Art Bell interviews Dr. Michio Kaku about his book discussing technologies that were once considered science fiction.

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Michio Kaku to discuss his bestselling book Physics of the Impossible, which examines technologies once dismissed as pure science fiction. Dr. Kaku explains how recent breakthroughs in metamaterials have made invisibility a laboratory reality, overturning decades of established optics. He describes how light can now bend around objects like water flowing past a boulder, and how the Pentagon is already funding research into invisible soldiers and aircraft. The conversation… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/march-28-2008-impossible-physics-dr-michio-kaku

People in this episode

Host: Art Bell

Guest: Dr. Michio Kaku

Topics covered

  • physics
  • metamaterials
  • invisibility
  • science fiction
  • technology
  • military research

Keywords

  • impossible physics
  • invisibility
  • metamaterials
  • Dr. Michio Kaku
  • Pentagon
  • science fiction
  • technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pentagon

Books & works: Physics of the Impossible

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