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Leonard Mlodinow

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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. Mlodinow 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 said 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Mlodinow is the 714th most popular physicist (down from 692nd in 2019), the 8,626th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,504th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 714 out of 851. Before him are Grigory Landsberg, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Jürgen Kurths, Antonius van den Broek, Franz Josef Gerstner, and Harold Agnew. After him are Joseph Polchinski, Charlotte Froese Fischer, Bruno Zumino, Elliott H. Lieb, Alexei Starobinsky, and Stuart Hameroff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 407. Before him are Rüdiger Schnuphase, Carine Roitfeld, Patrick St. Esprit, Cliff Martinez, Arliss Howard, and Slaviša Žungul. After him are Brother Alois, Joseph Polchinski, David Paymer, Oleg Romantsev, V. K. Sasikala, and Robert Menasse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 8,628 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Leonard Warren (1911), Tiffani Thiessen (1974), Art Acord (1890), Max Eastman (1883), and Roberta Williams (1953). After him are Doug Burgum (1956), Bob Sapp (1973), Dorothy Allison (1949), Anthony Denison (1949), Bill Carr (1909), and Kirsten Vangsness (1972).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Leonard Mlodinow ranks 155. Before him are Leo Kadanoff (1937), John C. Slater (1900), Frederick Seitz (1911), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), William D. Coolidge (1873), and Harold Agnew (1921). After him are Joseph Polchinski (1954), Elliott H. Lieb (1932), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Bill Nye (1955), Charles Stark Draper (1901), and Nicholas Metropolis (1915).

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