"The Drunkard's Walk" is a magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. Often historical, occasionally hysterical, and consistently smart and funny, this book challenges everything we think we know.--Daniel Gilbert, author of "Stumbling on Happiness."
Although hordes of people rushed to buy genius physicist Stephen Hawking's book, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, very few of them actually understood it. Seventeen years later, Hawking, this time aided by a co-author, takes a second, and hopefully easier-to-understand, crack at explaining to the layperson how the most recent theories in astronomy and ...
Caltech in the 80s was the hotbed of cutting edge scientific theory. Leading the pack was noted quantum physicist Richard Feynman. FEYNMAN'S RAINBOW recounts those days, drawn from recorded conversations between the department's star and the author, a recent appointee and young physicist.
Taking readers through "five revolutions in geometry," Mlodinow explores geometry's ever-changing role in exploring our world and the universe. This history of geometry was written by a former California Institute of Technology professor who also wrote episodes for the television program STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
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 ...
This book 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 ...
Leonard Mlodinow leads the reader on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to notions of hyperspace. His narrative takes the form of biographical stories, each about the key figures in the development of geometry, from Euclid who laid the logical foundations, to Albert Einstein who united space ...
Leonard Mlodinow reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting, winning the lottery to road safety, and reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes and film stars, and even how to make sense of a blood test. "The Drunkard's Walk" is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to ...
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