Michio Kaku

When we talk about Quantum computing, well-informed people naturally point to Richard Feynman as the first to propose it in the 1980s. But it was Isaac Chuang of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Neil Gershenfeld of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Mark Kubinec of the University of California at Berkeley who jointly created the first 2-qubit quantum computer in 1998.

Certainly, credits have to be given to these pioneers for their visionary insights and brilliant inventions in this new sphere of computational exploration. But the one person that I admire and find intriguing would have to be Michio Kaku. Who is he? In the words of Andrew Zimmerman Jones of ThoughtCo.:

Dr. Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, best known as one of the founders of string field theory. He has published several books and hosts television specials and a weekly radio program. Michio Kaku specializes in public outreach and explaining complicated physics concepts in terms people can understand and appreciate.

Now that's an interesting individual that I'd like to hear! In fact, he's also a prolific public speaker with a rather wry sense of humor, just like the quote he made about physicists (he being one himself):

Physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an attempt by an atom to understand itself.

Update:

For those interested to understand how Quantum computing will revolutionize the future, here's a video you must watch (click on the picture):