Leonard Mlodinow is a physicist, and the author of several books including \u201cThe Drunkard\u2019s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives\u201d and \u201cFeynman\u2019s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life.\u201d He\u2019s also written for television, including \u201cStar Trek: The Next Generation.\u201d This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode \u201cLeonard Mlodinow \u2014 Randomness and Choice.\u201d Find more at onbeing.org.