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Mario Livio

Mario Livio is a senior astrophysicist and the Head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of The Golden Ratio, a highly acclaimed book about mathematics and art for which he received the International Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved, and The Accelerating Universe. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Is God a Mathematician?
Is God a Mathematician? By: Mario Livio
This edition: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publication date: January 19, 2010
Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From...
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The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved
The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry By: Mario Livio
This edition: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2006
What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic...
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