New Releases by LEONARD MLODINOW

Critically analyzes the role of chance and random events, forces, and factors in shaping human existence, in a readable study of how the mathematical laws of randomness control the world around us. By the author of Feynman''s Rainbow. 30,000 first printing.

Academic scientist turned Hollywood screen writer Mlodinow recounts his first year on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology, beginning in winter 1981, and his interactions there with renowned physicist Richard Feynman during his last years.

Leonard Mlodinow, Phd em física e matemática, parceiro e co-autor de Stephen Hawking na seqüência de ''Uma Breve História do Tempo'', narra em ''A Janela de Euclides - A História da Geometria, das Linhas Paralelas ao Hiperespaço'', de maneira incrivelmente clara e divertida, a história fascinante da geometria ao longo do tempo. Mlodinow mostra que a geometria é uma ciência que permeia todo o mundo em que vivemos. Ela afeta as nossas percepções de arte e música. A pintura e a escultura seguem princípios geométricos básicos de proporção e simetria; as relações definem as escalas musicais e as composições clássicas são altamente matemáticas em sua natureza. A arquitetura busca na geometria as bases do que é possível construir. Até o corpo humano tem uma elegância geométrica em si; o famoso desenho de Leonardo da Vinci de um homem em pé dentro de um círculo é uma demonstração de com nossa fisiologia se harmoniza com a natureza e suas leis. Tudo isso é revelado de forma divertida e clara, como num romance cheio de aventura e emoção, o que torna o livro de leitura muito fácil e agradável.

While trying to escape a dinosaur that appeared in their school, Kenny, Steffe, and Josâe stumble into a time machine, find themselves in prehistoric times, and need their math and science skills to return.

Einstein''s Dreams meets Tuesdays with Morrie in Leonard Mlodinow''s touching memoir about the guidance granted him by his mentor, the brilliant physicist Richard Feynman: "An accessible portrait of a brilliant man" (Stephen Hawking). For some, it was that special connection with a grandparent or a football coach, a boss, or a cleric. For Leonard Mlodinow, as a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from his many meetings with Feynman during their time together at Cal Tech, Mlodinow shares Feynman''s provocative answers to such questions as "What is the nature of creativity?" and "How does a scientist think?" At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynman''s final, creative years, Feynman''s Rainbow celebrates the inspiring legacy of one of the greatest thinkers of our time. "A very unusual memoir of a very unusual author''s revealing encounters with a very human legend." — The Dallas Morning News "Mlodinow thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon. . . . The results are mind-bending." — Fortune "This is a sweetly entertaining book about the weird, but engaging, world of physics. . . . Young scientists will find solace and perhaps inspiration here." —American Scientist

This title tells the story of Leonard Mlodinow''s first year on the Caltech faculty in the winter of 1981. It is the narrative of himself as a young physicist trying to find his place in the world and the wisdom of an old, and dying physicist who helped him, the legendary Richard Feynman. But it is also the story of this famous scientist''s last days, his rivalry with fellow Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, and the beginnings of the string theory, the theory that is now the leading theory in physics and cosmology.

Citando exemplos e pesquisas presentes em diferentes âmbitos da vida, do mercado financeiro aos esportes, de Hollywood à medicina, o autor apresenta ferramentas para identificar os indícios do acaso, procurando ajudar o leitor a fazer escolhas mais acertadas e a conviver melhor com fatores que ele não pode controlar.

स्टीफ़न हॉकिंग की वैश्विक स्तर की बेस्टसेलर पुस्तक अ ब्रीफ़ हिस्ट्री ऑफ़ टाइम वैज्ञानिक लेखन के सन्दर्भ में एक ऐतिहासिक महत्त्व की पुस्तक थी। इसकी एक वजह इसके लेखक की प्रभावी अभिव्यक्ति थी, और दूसरी वजह वे सम्मोहक विषय हैं जिनके बारे में वह बात करते हैं : देश और काल की प्रकृति, सृष्टि की प्रक्रिया में ईश्वर की भूमिका, ब्रह्माण्ड का इतिहास और भविष्य। लेकिन यह भी सही है कि उस पुस्तक के प्रकाशन के बाद पाठक लगातार प्रोफ़ेसर हॉकिंग से पुस्तक की कुछ अत्यन्त महत्त्वपूर्ण अवधारणाओं को समझने में पेश आने वाली मुश्किलों की बात करते रहे थे। यही समय का सरल और संक्षिप्त इतिहास (अ ब्रीफ़र हिस्ट्री ऑफ़ टाइम) का उद्गम और उसके लिखे जाने का कारण है : पुस्तक की विषयवस्तु को पाठकों की पहुँच में लाना और साथ ही, ताज़ा-तरीन वैज्ञानिक पर्यवेक्षणों और खोजों के साथ उसे उसका वर्तमान रूप देना। यद्यपि यह पुस्तक वाक़ई किसी हद तक ‘संक्षिप्त’ है, यह वास्तव में मूल पुस्तक के प्रमुख विषयों को विस्तार देती है। मैथमैटिक्स ऑफ़ केऑटिक बाउण्ड्री कन्डीशन्स जैसी विशुद्ध तकनीकी अवधारणाओं को हटा दिया गया है। इसके विपरीत, सापेक्षता, वक्र स्पेस और क्वांटम सिद्धान्त समेत व्यापक दिलचस्पी के अनेक विषयों को, जिनको समझना इसलिए मुश्किल था क्योंकि वे पूरी पुस्तक में कई जगह समाहित थे, अब समग्र अध्याय समर्पित किये गये हैं। इस पुनर्संगठन ने लेखक को, स्ट्रिंग सिद्धान्त की नवीनतम प्रगति से लेकर भौतिकी के समस्त बलों के सम्पूर्ण, एकीकृत सिद्धान्त की खोज की दिशा के उत्तेजक घटनाक्रमों तक, विशेष रुचि के क्षेत्रों तथा हाल में हुई गतिविधियों पर विस्तार से चर्चा करने की गुंजाइश दी है। पुस्तक के पिछले संस्करणों की तरह, और उससे भी कहीं बढ़कर समय का सरल और संक्षिप्त इतिहास देश और काल के मर्म के आकर्षक रहस्यों की दिशा में जारी खोज में सभी गैर-वैज्ञानिक पाठकों का मार्गदर्शन करेगी।