Leonard Mlodinow
Autor(a) de The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
About the Author
Leonard Mlodinow was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954. He received bachelor's degrees in math and physics and a master's degree in physics from Brandeis University and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Bantrell Research Fellow in Theoretical mostrar mais Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and then became an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Munich, Germany. In the 1980s, he wrote for numerous television shows including MacGyver, Star Trek: the Next Generation, and Night Court. In 1993, he decided to switch to computer gaming and became producer, executive producer and designer of several award-winning games. From 1997 to 2003, he was the vice president for software development and then vice president and publisher for math education at Scholastic Inc. In 2005, he began teaching at the California Institute of Technology. He is now a full-time writer. His books include Euclid's Window, Feynman's Rainbow, A Briefer History of Time with Stephen Hawking, The Drunkard's Walk, The Grand Design with Stephen Hawking, and War of the Worldviews with Deepak Chopra. He has also written two children's books with Matt Costello: The Last Dinosaur and Titanic Cat. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Leonard Mlodinow
The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos (2015) 298 exemplares
The Kids of Einstein Elementary #2: Titanic Cat (Einstein Elementary Chapter Book) (2004) 111 exemplares
The Drunkard's Walk (Unabridged) Part 1 1 exemplar
The Drunkard's Walk (Unabridged) Part 2 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Mlodinow, Leonard
- Data de nascimento
- 1954
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Locais de residência
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
- Educação
- Brandeis University
University of California, Berkeley (PhD|theoretical physics) - Ocupações
- professor
screenwriter
physicist - Organizações
- California Institute of Technology
- Agente
- Susan Ginsburg
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Andar do Bebado (Edicao de Bolso) (Em Portugues do… por Leonard Mlodinow
Num tom irreverente, citando exemplos e pesquisas presentes em todos os âmbitos da vida, do mercado financeiro aos esportes, de Hollywood à medicina, Leonard Mlodinow apresenta de forma divertida e curiosa as ferramentas necessárias para identificar os indícios do acaso. Como resultado, nos ajuda a fazer escolhas mais acertadas e a conviver melhor com fatores que não podemos controlar. Prepare-se para colocar em xeque algumas certezas sobre o funcionamento do mundo e para perceber que muitas coisas são tão previsíveis quanto o próximo passo de um bêbado depois de uma noitada... "… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 6,316
- Popularidade
- #3,890
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 164
- ISBN
- 177
- Línguas
- 19
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
