Michio Kaku Speaking at CUNY May 9th.

alex caps · 2005-04-30T12:58:31+00:00

Monday, May 9th at 6:00 PM he will be there, for more information, click the following link: http://66.212.81.77/eventDetail.asp?EventId=6434

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