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Comedian Brian Copeland visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his books "Not a Genuine Black Man: Or, How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbs." This event took place on June 23, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Based on the longest-running one-man show in San Francisco history, Not a Genuine Black Man is a hilarious, poignant, and disarming memoir of growing up black in an all-white suburb. In 1972, when Brian Copeland was eight, his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, California, hoping for a better life. At the time, San Leandro was 99.4 percent white, known nationwide as a racist enclave. This reputation was confirmed almost immediately: Brian got his first look at the inside of a cop car, for being a black kid walking to the park with a baseball bat. Brian grew up to be a successful comedian and radio talk show host, but racism reemerged as an issue -- only in reverse -- when he received an anonymous letter: "As an African American, I am disgusted every time I hear your voice because YOU are not a genuine Black man!" That letter inspired Copeland to revisit his difficult childhood, resulting in a hit one-man show that has now inspired a book. Brian Copeland (http://www.briancopeland.com/) is a comedian whose KGO radio program is the most popular in its time slot. Not a Genuine Black Man is currently in development as an HBO series. Copeland lives in San Leandro, California. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Brian Copeland Not Genuine Black Man Authors@Google atgoogle Google comedy HBO Added: June 30, 2008

Unable to choose between comics & computers, Richard Stevens was lucky enough to be born at the right time to make webcomics. His strip Diesel Sweeties (http://dieselsweeties.com) has been on the web since 2000 and was syndicated into newspapers in 2007. He makes lots and lots of t-shirts and drinks far too much coffee. Meredith Gran was born in 1984, and has been to a lot of diners. She has a degree in animation from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and her webcomic Octopus Pie (http://octopuspie.com) has been online since 2007. This event took place on June 20, 2008 in Mountain View, CA as part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: google atgoogle Authors@Google Rich Stevens Meredith Gran webcomics Diesel Sweeties Octopus Pie Added: June 27, 2008

Eric Etheridge visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders." This event took place on June 24, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Breach of Peace celebrates the Freedom Riders, featuring rare-seen mug shots alongside stunning contemporary portraits. In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—blacks and whites, men and women—converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights: it was illegal for bus and train stations to discriminate, but most did and were not interested in change. Over 300 people were arrested and convicted of the charge "breach of the peace." Collected here in a richly illustrated, large-format book featuring over seventy contemporary photographs, alongside the original mug shots, and exclusive interviews with former Freedom Riders, is that testament: a moving archive of a chapter in U.S. history that hasn't yet closed. A journalist and photographer, Eric Etheridge grew up in Carthage, Mississippi. He is a former editor at Rolling Stone, The New York Observer and Harper's. In 1995, he co-founded the magazine George with John F. Kennedy, Jr. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Eric Etheridge Breach of Peace Portraits the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders Authors@Google atgoogle Google civil Added: June 27, 2008

Author Gustavo Arellano visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book "Ask a Mexican." This event took place on June 17, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Gustavo Arellano atgoogle @google google ask mexican Added: June 25, 2008

Ed Park visits Google's San Francisco, CA office to discuss his book "Personal Days." This event took place on June 18, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. In an unnamed New York-based company, the employees are getting restless as everything around them unravels. There's Pru, the former grad student turned spreadsheet drone; Laars, the hysteric whose work anxiety stalks him in his tooth-grinding dreams; and Jack II, who distributes unwanted backrubs--aka "jackrubs"--to his co-workers. On a Sunday, one of them is called at home. And the Firings begin. Rich with Orwellian doublespeak, filled with sabotage and romance, this astonishing literary debut is at once a comic delight and a narrative tour de force. It's a novel for anyone who has ever worked in an office and wondered: "Where does the time go? Where does the life go? And whose banana is in the fridge?" Ed Park is a founding editor of The Believer and a former editor of the Voice Literary Supplement. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review and many other publications. He lives in Manhattan, where he publishes The New-York Ghost. Visit http://www.ed-park.com. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Ed Park Personal Days Novel The Believer Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 20, 2008

Author Sam Gosling visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You". This event took place June 17, 2008, as part of the authors@google series. Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected-and unplanned-ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others, and interpret the world around us. Gosling, one of the field's most innovative researchers, dispatches teams of scientific snoops to poke around dorm rooms and offices, to see what can be learned about people simply from looking at their stuff. Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications, and he is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. This is his first book. He lives in Austin, Texas. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Sam Gosling Snoop what your stuff says about you atgoogle google psychology Added: June 20, 2008

Glass artist Dale Chihuly visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his Gardens of Glass. This event took place on June 19, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Dale Chihuly is most frequently lauded for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. However, Chihuly's contribution extends well beyond the boundaries both of this movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general. Chihuly's practice of using teams has led to the development of complex, multipart sculptures of dramatic beauty that place him in the leadership role of moving blown glass out of the confines of the small, precious object and into the realm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. In fact, Chihuly deserves credit for establishing the blown glass form as an accepted vehicle for installation and environmental art beginning in the late twentieth century and continuing today. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Dale Chihuly Gardens of Glass Studio Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 20, 2008

Neal Rosenthal visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Reflections of a Wine Merchant." This event took place on June 13, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. In the late 1970s, Neal I. Rosenthal set out to learn everything he could about wine. Today, he is one of the most successful importers of traditionally made wines produced by small family-owned estates in France and Italy. Rosenthal has immersed himself in the culture of Old World wine production, working closely with his growers for two and sometimes three generations. He is one of the leading exponents of the concept of "terroir"—the notion that a particular vineyard site imparts distinct qualities of bouquet, flavor, and color to a wine. In Reflections of a Wine Merchant, Rosenthal brings us into the cellars, vineyards, and homes of these vignerons, and his delightful stories about his encounters, relationships, and explorations—and what he has learned along the way—give us an unequaled perspective on winemaking tradition and what threatens it today. Neal I. Rosenthal was born in New York City in 1945 and was educated at Rutgers, Columbia, and New York University. He lives on a fifty-seven-acre farmstead in Pine Plains, New York, which produces organic eggs, buckwheat honey, fruit, and vegetables. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Neal Rosenthal Reflections of Wine Merchant Authors@Google atgoogle Google vineyard winemaking Added: June 19, 2008

Ori Brafman and his brother Rom Brafman visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss Ori's book "Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior." This event took place on June 13, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more. Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioral economics, and organizational behavior, Sway reveals dynamic forces that influence every aspect of our personal and business lives, including loss aversion (our tendency to go to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), the diagnosis bias (our inability to reevaluate our initial diagnosis of a person or situation), and the "chameleon effect" (our tendency to take on characteristics that have been arbitrarily assigned to us). Ori Brafman is coauthor of The Starfish and the Spider and is a renowned organizational expert who regularly speaks before Fortune 500, governmental, and military audiences. A graduate of Stanford Business School, he lives in San Francisco. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Ori Rom Brafman Sway the Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 17, 2008

Matt Richtel visits Google's San Francisco, CA office to discuss his book "Hooked: A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions." This event took place on June 16, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Matt Richtel has covered technology and telecommunications in the New York Time's San Francisco bureau since 2000. Under the pen name "Theron Heir," he writes the syndicated daily comic strip, Rudy Park, which is published in newspapers around the country. Dubbed by Newsweek as "a contender for comic strip of the decade," Rudy Park revolves around the lives and employees and regulars of an Internet café. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Matt Richtel Hooked Thriller About Love and Other Addictions Authors@Google atgoogle Google Theron Heir Silicon Valley Added: June 17, 2008

Lori Hope visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss her book "Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know." This event took place on June 12, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. When we hear that someone close to us has been diagnosed with cancer, we want nothing more than to comfort them with words of hope, support, and love. But sometimes we don't know what to say or do, and don't feel comfortable asking. With sensitive insights and thoughtful anecdotes, Help Me Live provides a personal yet thoroughly researched account of words and actions that are most helpful. Based on the author's own experiences with cancer, as well as interviews and surveys with many others who have had this disease, each chapter tells intimate stories about one of the 20 most important messages people with cancer want to convey Lori Hope, a cancer survivor herself, has produced more than 20 documentaries, winning dozens of awards including two Emmys. Currently managing editor of Bay Area BusinessWoman News, Hope has been published in Newsweek and her essays have been broadcast on radio stations nationwide. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Lori Hope 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 17, 2008

Benjamin Wallace visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine." This event took place on June 6, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie's of London, a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux—one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors about the bottle soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location where it had been found? Was it part of a smuggled Nazi hoard? Or did his reticence conceal an even darker secret? Benjamin Wallace has written for GQ, Food & Wine, and Philadelphia, where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn. Visit his website at http://BenjaminWallace.net. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Benjamin Wallace The Billionaire's Vinegar Mystery World's Most Expensive Bottle Wine Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 16, 2008

Author Benjamin Wallace visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "The Billionaire's Vinegar". This talk took place on June 6, 2008, as part of the Author@google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Benjamin Wallace Billionaire's Vinegar atgoogle authors@google Added: June 13, 2008

Nick Taylor visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Disagreement." This event took place on June 10, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. "At its best, historical fiction reveals the truth or reality of the past. Nick Taylor has achieved this in his very fine book. Taylor has chosen to see the Civil War's human wreckage through the eyes of a young Confederate surgeon at a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. The result is a compelling and moving novel." -- Jeffry D. Wert, Civil War historian It is April 17, 1861 -- the day that Virginia secedes from the Union and the sixteenth birthday of John Alan Muro. As the Commonwealth erupts in celebration, young Muro sees his dream of attending medical school in Philadelphia shattered by the sudden reality of war. In this story of love, loyalty, and unimaginable sacrifice, a doctor struggles to balance the passions of youth with the weight of responsibility. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Nick Taylor The Disagreement Authors@Google atgoogle Google Civil War Commonwealth Added: June 12, 2008

Author Benjamin Wallace visits the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Ca, to discuss his book "The Billionaire's Vinegar". This talk took place June 6, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie's of London, a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux—one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors about the bottle soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location where it had been found? Was it part of a smuggled Nazi hoard? Or did his reticence conceal an even darker secret? Benjamin Wallace has written for GQ, Food & Wine, and Philadelphia, where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn. Visit his website at http://BenjaminWallace.net Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Benjamin Wallace Billionaire's Vinegar atgoogle authors@google Added: June 12, 2008

Dr. Robert Burton visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not." This event took place on June 9, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton challenges the notions of how we think about what we know. He shows that the feeling of certainty we have when we "know" something comes from sources beyond our control and knowledge. In fact, certainty is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. Because this "feeling of knowing" seems like confirmation of knowledge, we tend to think of it as a product of reason. But an increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain, and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. The feeling of knowing happens to us; we cannot make it happen. Robert Burton, M.D. graduated from Yale University and University of California at San Francisco medical school, where he also completed his neurology residency. At age 33, he was appointed chief of the Division of Neurology at Mt. Zion-UCSF Hospital, where he subsequently became Associate Chief of the Department of Neurosciences. His non-neurology writing career includes three critically acclaimed novels. He lives in Sausalito, California. Visit his website at http://www.rburton.com. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Robert Burton On Being Certain Believing You are Right Authors@Google atgoogle Google UCSF neurology Added: June 11, 2008

Author Paul Spitzzeri visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book "Workman and Temple Families of Southern California." This event took place on June 5, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: paul spitzzeri atgoogle @google google workman temple families Added: June 11, 2008

Author Kieren McCarthy visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book "Sex.com: One Domain, Two Men, Twelve Years and the Brutal Battle for the Jewel in the Internet's Crown." This event took place on May 2, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: kieren mccarthy atgoogle @google google sex.com Added: June 10, 2008

Robert Krim visits Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book "Innovation Odyssey: Boston, 400 years of Innovation." This event took place on May 7, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Robert Bob Krim Innovation Odyssey Boston 400 Years Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 6, 2008

Tony Romano came to the Google office in Chicago, IL to discuss his novel "When The World Was Young." Previously, his fiction has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Sou'wester, Whetstone, VIA: Voices in Italian Americana and he has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. He lives in Chicago, where he has been a high school teacher for 25 years. This event took place on March 24, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Tony Romano Google atgoogle Authors@Google Chicago When We Were Young Added: June 6, 2008

Chef and author Charlie Ayers visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "Food 2.0." This event took place on May 9, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. For more information about Charlie Ayers please visit http://chefcharlieayers.com/ In a cutting edge cookbook for the Internet generation, Google's legendary founding super-chef, Charlie Ayers, tells you everything you need to know about the newest nutrition buzzword: brainfood. He outlines the basics on how the right foods can transform your mind and body, and then teaches you how to stock your kitchen with the healthiest foods available. Raw, organic, and fermented is Charlie's mantra, which is reflected in more than 90 easy-to-prepare recipes, whether it's a Kick-start Breakfast, a Power Lunch, or a Light, Bright Dinner. Following the world-famous formula Charlie used at Google headquarters, the meals and snacks are designed to feed your brain exactly what it needs at different points throughout the workday. From hipsters looking to think more creatively to high-fliers who need that extra edge for success to new moms and dads, looking to repair the damage of myriad sleepless nights, Food 2.0 has the recipe for delicious food for sharper thinking no matter who you are or what you do. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: charlie ayers food2.0 google atgoogle food cooking health Added: June 6, 2008

Reporter Sarah Lacy visits Google's San Francisco, CA office to discuss her book "Once You're Lucky. Twice You're Good. The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0." This event took place on June 3, 2008 as part of the Authors@Google series. Sarah Lacy has reported on startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade. She writes Valley Girl, a biweekly column for BusinessWeek and co-hosts Tech Ticker on Yahoo! Finance. She lives in San Francisco. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Sarah Lacy Once Lucky Twice Good Web 2.0 Authors@Google Google atgoogle startup BusinessWeek Tech Ticker Added: June 6, 2008

CEO Mary Ellen Iskenderian visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters. This event took place on October 5, 2007 as part of the Women@Google series. Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President Banco Caja Social; Corfinsura S.A.; and the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation. Ms. Iskenderian received an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.S. in International Economics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Mary Ellen Iskenderian Women@Google atgoogle Google Women's World Banking finance Added: June 4, 2008

Dan Roam visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures." This event took place on May 27, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Drawing on twenty years of visual problem solving combined with the recent discoveries of vision science, this book shows anyone how to clarify a problem or sell an idea by visually breaking it down using a simple set of visual thinking tools -- tools that take advantage of everyone's innate ability to look, see, imagine, and show. The Back of the Napkin proves that thinking with pictures can help anyone discover and develop new ideas, solve problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve their ability to share their insights. This book will help readers literally see the world in a new way. Dan Roam is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a management- consulting firm that helps business executives solve complex problems through visual thinking. He has brought his unique approach to clients such as General Electric, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo Bank, the U.S. Navy, HBO, News Corporation, and Sun Microsystems, among many others. He lectures around the country for clients and at business conferences. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Dan Roam Back of the Napkin Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures Authors@Google atgoogle Google Added: June 3, 2008

Janet Benshoof, President of the Global Justice Center (GJC), is an internationally known human rights lawyer and Burma expert. During this presentation, she will explain how the geopolitical favoritism afforded war criminal Than Schwe in Burma undermines the rule of law globally. The Global Justice Center in partnership with the Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), the legal arm of the exiled democracy groups, is advocating for a Security Council Resolution referring Burma to the ICC. Than Schwe, who controls Burma using the largest standing army in South East Asia, has routinely flouted all U.N. efforts, and, chooses to have tens of thousands of people die preventable deaths from the effects of Cyclone Nargis rather than open up access to the people of Burma. Professor Benshoof will put the recent forced "death by disease" in the context of clearly documented and ongoing grave crimes including the destruction of villages, torture, murder of monks, systematic gang rape of ethnic women, genocide of Karen and Shan peoples, forced labor, and recruitment of child soldiers. Although Than Schwe rules by the same crimes and terror as did Saddam Hussein, Hitler, Charles Taylor, and Molosovic, so far Burma is protected by the Security Council. This is not just about China but about all countries who have been too timid to say "stop". Thanks to Google satellite, we have seen photos of some of the over 3,000 villages estimated to have been destroyed by the SPDC in the on-going conflict in Eastern Burma in 2005. Even more villages were destroyed the SPDC than by Cyclone Nargis, but that is a story much less known. Professor Benshoof will also point out how by declaring a victory on the May 10th referendum, Than Schwe is trying to transform his rule into a constitutional right by inserting criminal immunity for himself and his cohorts into the constitution. The constitution attempts to legitimize permanent military rule, give blanket amnesties for all military crimes, and simply put, it is possibly the worst constitution ever drafted with regard to women in modern history. This event took place on May 21, 2008, as a part of the Women@google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: janet benshoof human rights Global Justice Center atgoogle news burma Added: May 30, 2008

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy. "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness" shows that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society. Using colorful examples from the most important aspects of life, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how thoughtful "choice architecture" can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions without restricting freedom of choice. Richard H. Thaler is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics and the director of the Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. This event took place on May 29, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. For more information on Prof. Thaler, go to http://www.nudges.org/thaler.cfm Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Richard Thaler Cass R. Sunstein behavioral economics social psychology atgoogle nudge Added: May 30, 2008

Doctor Daphne Miller visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss her book, "The Jungle Effect." This event took place on May 23, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. For more information about Dr. Miller, please visit http://www.drdaphne.com/ Dr. Daphne Miller undertook a worldwide quest to find diets that are both delicious and healthy. Written in a style reminiscent of Michael Pollan and Barbara Kingsolver, The Jungle Effect is filled with inspiring stories from Dr. Miller's patients, quirky travel adventures, interviews with world-renowned food experts, delicious (yet authentic) indigenous recipes, and valuable diet secrets that will stick with you for a lifetime. Daphne Miller, MD, is a board-certified family physician in private practice in San Francisco. She is an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, where she teaches nutrition and integrative medicine. A graduate of Brown University and Harvard Medical School, she did her residency at UCSF and an Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, the architect Ross Levy, and her two children, Arlen and Emet. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: authors@google atgoogle daphne miller jungle effect medicine health Added: May 29, 2008

Professor Leonard Mlodinow visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives". This event took place on May 22, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. For more information about Prof. Mlodinow, please visit http://www.its.caltech.edu/~len/ In The Drunkard's Walk, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious cases, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance. Leonard Mlodinow received his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and now teaches about randomness to future scientists at Caltech. Along the way he also wrote for the television series MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His previous books include Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace, Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life, and, with Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time. He lives in South Pasadena, California. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Leonard Mlodinow The Dunkard's Walk Authors@google atgoogle randomness math Added: May 28, 2008

Author Michael Walker visits Google's Irvine, CA office to discuss his book "Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-And-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood." This event took place on May 20, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: michael walker atgoogle @google google laurel canyon Added: May 28, 2008

Professor Stew Friedman visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life" This event took place on May 16, 2008, as part of the Leading@Google series. For more information about Prof. Friedman and "Total Leadership", please visit http://www.totalleadership.org/ Stew Friedman is the founder of Total Leadership. He is an innovator in both the leadership development and work/life fields. A faculty member at the Wharton School since 1984, in 1991 he founded both the Wharton Leadership Programs and the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project. He created the Total Leadership program in the late '90s while he was a senior executive at Ford Motor, where he was responsible for leadership development worldwide. Now more than ever, your success as a leader isn't just about being a great businessperson. You've got to be a great person, performing well in all domains of your life — your work, your home, your community, and your private self. The good news is that, contrary to conventional wisdom about "balance," you don't have to assume that these domains compete in a zero-sum game. Total Leadership is a game-changing blueprint for how to perform well as a leader not by trading off one domain for another, but by finding mutual value among all four. With engaging examples and clear instruction, Friedman provides more than thirty hands-on tools for using these proven principles to produce stronger business results, find clearer purpose in what you do, feel more connected to the people who matter most, and generate sustainable change. Author: AtGoogleTalks Keywords: Stew Friedman Authors@google atgoogle Leading@google Leadership Total Added: May 28, 2008