New Releases by Leonard Mlodinow

An intimate and inspirational exploration of Stephen Hawking--the man, the friend, and the physicist. Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and influential physicists in the world. He left a mark in our culture that touched the lives of millions. His books have inspired countless scientists-to-be, and his research on the laws of black holes and the origin of the universe charted new territory. Recalling his nearly two-decades as a friend and collaborator with Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow brings a complex man into focus like no one has before. He introduces us to Hawking the colleague, for whom no detail is too minor to get right, a challenge for a man who could only type one word per minute. We meet Hawking the friend, who creates such strong connections with those around him that he can communicate powerfully with just the raise of an eyebrow. We witness Hawking the genius, who, against all odds, flourishes after he is diagnosed with ALS and pours his mind into uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Brilliant, impish, and kind, Hawking endeared himself to almost everyone he came into contact with. This beautiful portrait is inpirational and is sure to stick with you long after you''ve read it.

Do superaclamado autor dos best-sellers O andar do bêbado e Subliminar, um livro que fará você enxergar além do óbvio e mudará completamente sua visão de mundo. Você está preocupado em ficar para trás, atropelado pelo ritmo do mundo moderno? Sente que não vai dar conta em meio a uma infinidade de estímulos e informações? Em seu mais recente livro, Leonard Mlodinow – autor dos best-sellers O andar do bêbado e Subliminar –, nos ensina a liberar uma capacidade natural indispensável para progredir nesta época de tantas e cada vez mais rápidas mudanças: o pensamento flexível. Em Elástico, Mlodinow nos mostra com clareza e bom-humor que todos temos essa habilidade recém-descoberta — um estilo cognitivo, não linear, que nos leva a gerar e incorporar novas ideias. Lançando mão de histórias e exemplos fascinantes, ele nos introduz ao universo da neurociência e da psicologia de ponta para examinar de que forma o cérebro produz o pensamento flexível e quais os caminhos para aprimorá-lo. Artistas brilhantes como os músicos Miles Davis e David Bowie, a escritora Mary Shelley, autora de Frankenstein, e até mesmo os criadores do Pokémon Go foram capazes de explorar essa aptidão e acabaram fomentando mudanças de paradigma em nossa cultura. Se de início suas ideias pareciam esquisitas, elas acabaram por se revelar geniais. Guiados por Mlodinow, vamos aprender também a sair da zona de conforto, superando posturas convencionais e reformulando as perguntas que fazemos. Nesta jornada mais que oportuna, entenderemos como pensar melhor para ter sucesso num mundo em que a capacidade de se adaptar se tornou mais crucial que nunca. "Um mergulho fascinante em um dos tópicos mais importantes do momento: como nossa mente lida com mudanças. Se você gostou de Subliminar, vai amar Elástico." — Charles Duhigg, autor de O poder do hábito

What do PokUmon Go and Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein have in common? Why do some businesses survive, and others fail at the first sign of change? What gives the human brain the edge over computers? The answer- Elastic Thinking. It''s an ability we all possess, and one that we can all learn to hone in order to succeed, at work and in our everyday lives. Here Mlodinow, whose own flexible thinking has taken him from physics professor to TV scriptwriter and bestselling author, takes us on a revelatory exploration of how elasticity works. He draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to show how, millennia ago, our brains developed an affinity for novelty, idea generation and exploration. He discovers how flexible thinking enabled some of the greatest artists, writers, musicians and innovators to create paradigm shifts. He investigates the organisations that have demonstrated an elastic ability to adapt to new technologies. And he shows you how you can test your brain power. By uncovering the secrets to flexing your own thinking, Elasticshows you how to adapt and thrive in an endlessly dynamic world.

În Marele plan, Stephen Hawking şi Leonard Mlodinow îşi confruntă cititorii cu unele dintre cele mai profunde şi grave întrebări pe care şi le pot pune oamenii: Când şi cum a apărut universul? De ce ne aflăm aici? De ce există ceva mai degrabă decât nimic? Care este natura realităţii? De ce legile naturii sunt atât de fin reglate, încât să permită apariţia unor fiinţe ca noi? Este oare aparentul „mare plan“ al universului nostru dovada existenţei unui creator, sau poate ştiinţa oferi o altă explicaţie?Răspunsurile date aici de Stephen Hawking, unul dintre cei mai mari savanţi ai timpurilor noastre, şi de Leonard Mlodinow, fizician şi scenarist al serialului Star Trek, pornesc de la ideea că universul nu are doar o singură istorie, ci toate istoriile sale posibile există simultan – idee care ne schimbă radical felul în care suntem obişnuiţi să privim lumea. „Ce ar însemna dacă am descoperi într-adevăr teoria ultimă a universului? S-ar încheia un capitol lung şi glorios din istoria strădaniilor noastre de a înţelege universul şi, în acelaşi timp, s-ar schimba perspectiva publicului larg privind legile care guvernează universul. Dacă vom descoperi până la urmă o teorie completă, cu timpul, ea va ajunge să fie înţeleasă în principiu de toată lumea, nu doar de câţiva oameni de ştiinţă.“ (Stephen W. HAWKING, Leonard MLODINOW)

Hace varios millones de años, nuestros antepasados descendieron de los árboles y se pusieron de pie, liberaron sus manos para crear herramientas y sus mentes para lidiar con el mundo que estaba a su alrededor. Leonard Mlodinow nos acompaña en un apasionante e inspirador viaje a través de la emocionante historia de la evolución humana y los eventos clave del desarrollo de la ciencia. Durante el proceso, presenta una nueva visión sobre la única característica de nuestras especies y nuestra sociedad que permitió la evolución de las herramientas de piedra al lenguaje escrito, pasando por el nacimiento de la química, la biología y la física moderna hasta el mundo tecnológico actual. Por el camino, explora las condiciones culturales que han influenciado el pensamiento científico durante años y las pintorescas personalidades de algunos de los grandes filósofos, científicos y pensadores: Galileo, Isaac Newton, Antoine Lavoisier, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, y otros menos conocidos, pero igualmente brillantes.

A few million years ago, our ancestors came down from the trees and began to stand upright, freeing our hands to create tools and our minds to grapple with the world around us. Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the key events in the development of science. In the process, he presents a fascinating new look at the unique characteristics of our species and our society that helped propel us from stone tools to written language and through the birth of chemistry, biology, and modern physics to today’s technological world. Along the way he explores the cultural conditions that influenced scientific thought through the ages and the colorful personalities of some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers: Galileo, who preferred painting and poetry to medicine and dropped out of university; Isaac Newton, who stuck needlelike bodkins into his eyes to better understand changes in light and color; and Antoine Lavoisier, who drank nothing but milk for two weeks to examine its effects on his body. Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and many lesser-known but equally brilliant minds also populate these pages, each of their stories showing how much of human achievement can be attributed to the stubborn pursuit of simple questions (why? how?), bravely asked. The Upright Thinkers is a book for science lovers and for anyone interested in creative thinking and in our ongoing quest to understand our world. At once deeply informed, accessible, and infused with the author’s trademark wit, this insightful work is a stunning tribute to humanity’s intellectual curiosity. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)

O leitor acha que sabe como e por que faz suas escolhas? As preferências políticas, a gorjeta que dá ao garçom, aquele colega de trabalho com uma cara tão amigável de quem desconfia e até a pessoa com quem o leitor se casa não são opções tão objetivas assim, segundo a obra. Por trás do pensamento consciente, age uma parte desconhecida da mente. É disso que trata aqui Leonard Mlodinow. O livro busca ser uma viagem ao inconsciente.

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious—but respectful—clash of worldviews that grew along with their friendship. In War of the Worldviews these two great thinkers battle over the cosmos, evolution and life, the human brain, and God, probing the fundamental questions that define the human experience. How did the universe emerge? What is the nature of time? What is life? Did Darwin go wrong? What makes us human? What is the connection between mind and brain? Is God an illusion? This extraordinary book will fascinate millions of readers of science and spirituality alike, as well as anyone who has ever asked themselves, What does it mean that I am alive?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Drunkard’s Walk, a startling, eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world. “Mlodinow plunges into the realm of the unconscious mind accompanied by the latest scientific research ... [with] plenty of his trademark humor.” —Los Angeles Times Over the past two decades of neurological research, it has become increasingly clear that the way we experience the world—our perception, behavior, memory, and social judgment—is largely driven by the mind''s subliminal processes and not by the conscious ones, as we have long believed. In Subliminal, Leonard Mlodinow employs his signature concise, accessible explanations of the most obscure scientific subjects to unravel the complexities of the subliminal mind. In the process he shows the many ways it influences how we misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates; how we misunderstand the reasons for our investment decisions; and how we misremember important events—along the way, changing our view of ourselves and the world around us.

Illustrious mathematician Hawking and well-known physicist Mloginov join force to produce this elegant treatment of the cause for our existence in the universe, and to attempt the answer to the question why do we exist? Vietnamese translation by Pham Van Thieu and To Ba Ha. In Vietnamese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

মহিমান্বিত নকশা অনুবাদ: আশরাফ মাহমুদ Bengali (Bangla) translation of The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Design_(book)

Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard''s Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions -- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? -- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."

Through Euclid''s Window Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology. Based on Mlodinow''s extensive historical research; his studies alongside colleagues such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne; and interviews with leading physicists and mathematicians such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene, Euclid''s Window is an extraordinary blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry. For those who have looked through Euclid''s Window, no space, no thing, and no time will ever be quite the same.

Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard''s Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions -- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? -- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories."

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.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS The science classic made more accessible • More concise • Illustrated FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe. A Briefer History of Time is Professor Hawking’s response. Although “briefer,” this book is much more than a mere explanation of Hawking’s earlier work. A Briefer History of Time both clarifies and expands on the great subjects of the original, and records the latest developments in the field—from string theory to the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics. Thirty-seven full-color illustrations enhance the text and make A Briefer History of Time an exhilarating and must-have addition in its own right to the great literature of science and ideas.

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.

Esta historia es, en efecto, más breve, ya que hemos excluido los contenidos màs técnicos.

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.

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.