Leonard Mlodinow
Дата рождения: November 26, 1954 – Chicago, Illinois, United States
Leonard Mlodinow is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and author renowned for his accessible science writing. He has authored several bestsellers, including The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), Subliminal, and The Drunkard’s Walk. His works have won awards, been translated widely, and significantly popularized scientific and mathematical concepts.
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Leonard Mlodinow was born on November 26, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, to Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. His father endured more than a year in the Buchenwald concentration camp and was active in the Jewish resistance in Częstochowa, Poland, while his mother was interned in a labor camp in Poland. This early exposure to resilience and history shaped Mlodinow’s intellectual curiosity and determination. Growing up, he demonstrated keen interest in both mathematics and chemistry; in high school, he was tutored in organic chemistry by a university professor. The pivotal moment steering him toward physics came during a semester on a kibbutz in Israel, where he studied the only English-language book available—Richard Feynman’s lectures—which ignited his passion for theoretical physics.
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"Leonard Mlodinow is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author"
— Wikipedia
"Leonard Mlodinow received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been on the faculty at Caltech"
— Penguin Random House
"Leonard Mlodinow's memoir about Stephen Hawking offers a vivid and compelling account of their friendship and Hawking's mind"
— The Wall Street Journal
"Leonard Mlodinow has written several best-selling books for the general public, including The Drunkard's Walk and Subliminal"
— Wikipedia
"Leonard Mlodinow's book Subliminal won the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award in 2013"
— Wikipedia
"Leonard Mlodinow's books have collectively received more than 166,000 ratings on Goodreads"
— Goodreads
"Leonard Mlodinow co-authored The Grand Design with Stephen Hawking, addressing questions about the universe's origins"
— Wikipedia
"Leonard Mlodinow gives a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world"
— Audible
"Leonard Mlodinow is also noted for his public lectures and media appearances on shows such as Morning Joe and Through the Wormhole"
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