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Leonard Mlodinow

1954 - Today

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Leonard Mlodinow (born November 26 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author. In physics, he is known for his work on the large N expansion, a method of approximating the spectrum of atoms based on the consideration of an infinite-dimensional version of the problem, and for his work on the quantum theory of light inside dielectrics. He has also written books for the general public, five of which have been New York Times best-sellers, including The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, which was chosen as a New York Times notable book, and short-listed for the Royal Society Science Book Prize; The Grand Design, co-authored with Stephen Hawking, which argues that invoking God is not necessary to explain the origins of the universe; War of the Worldviews, co-authored with Deepak Chopra; and Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, which won the 2013 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Mlodinow has received more than 286,321 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Mlodinow is the 682nd most popular physicist (down from 622nd in 2019), the 8,101st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,760th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 682 out of 717Before him are Gerald Guralnik, Ernst Stueckelberg, Abraham Pais, Sulamith Goldhaber, Clyde Cowan, and Frank Benford. After him are Ernst Ising, Charles H. Bennett, Miguel Alcubierre, E. C. George Sudarshan, John Clauser, and Gregor Wentzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 381Before him are J. Michael Straczynski, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, Guy Gavriel Kay, Caroline Cossey, Uli Stein, and Adrie Koster. After him are Michael Shermer, Ziad Fazah, Michael Badalucco, Balázs Taróczy, Boro Primorac, and Ibrahima Kassory Fofana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 8,101 out of 18,182Before him are Herbert Jamison (1875), James Rumbaugh (1947), Paul Bostaph (1964), Professor Longhair (1918), Jesse Plemons (1988), and Christian Camargo (1971). After him are John Buscema (1927), Jeff Hardy (1977), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Regina Hall (1970), Michael Shermer (1954), and Jaime Pressly (1977).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 145Before him are Joseph Polchinski (1954), Robert L. Forward (1932), Robert R. Wilson (1914), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Clyde Cowan (1919), and Frank Benford (1883). After him are Charles H. Bennett (1943), John Clauser (1942), Charles W. Misner (1932), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Harvey Fletcher (1884), and Seymour Benzer (1921).