Leonard Mlodinow
Theoretical physicist and author
Leonard Mlodinow is an American theoretical physicist and writer who has written popular science books, including The Grand Design with Stephen Hawking.
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American Born 1954 in Chicago, United States
Influenced by Richard P. Feynman
About Leonard Mlodinow
Mlodinow was born in Chicago and earned his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research in physics includes the large N expansion and the quantum theory of light inside dielectrics. He has taught at Caltech and written for television series including Star Trek: the Next Generation. Five of his books for general readers have been New York Times best-sellers. Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior received the 2013 PEN/E. O. Wilson award for literary science writing. The Grand Design, written with Stephen Hawking, takes the position that the universe's origins can be explained without God.