A short life of the author
Leonard Mlodinow (b. 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science author. He has taught at Caltech, worked as a screenwriter for Star Trek: The Next Generation, and co-authored two books with Stephen Hawking — A Briefer History of Time (2005) and The Grand Design (2010).
His solo works include The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (2008), which explains how randomness and probability shape human experience far more than people realize, and Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (2012), winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. His Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change (2018) examines the neuroscience of adaptability.
Collecting Mlodinow
The Hawking collaborations — A Briefer History of Time (2005, Bantam) and The Grand Design (2010, Bantam) — are the most collectible items, particularly signed copies with both authors’ signatures.
The Drunkard’s Walk (2008, Pantheon) is also collected by enthusiasts of popular mathematics and probability.