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  • Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein: Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

    Drawing on the lives of five great scientists, this "scholarly, insightful, and beautifully written book" (Martin Rees, author of From Here to Infinity) illuminates the path to scientific discovery. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein all made...
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  • Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Galileo: And the Science Deniers

    A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next...
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  • Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Galileo: And the Science Deniers

    An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're...
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  • Is God a Mathematician? by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Is God a Mathematician?

    Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history's greatest mathematicians to ask how--if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind--it can so perfectly explain the physical world. Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness...
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  • Is God a Mathematician? by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Is God a Mathematician?

    Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history's greatest mathematicians to ask how--if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind--it can so perfectly explain the physical world. Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness...
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  • Massive Stars: From Pop III and Grbs to the Milky Way by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Massive Stars: From Pop III and Grbs to the Milky Way

    This collection of papers from the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on massive stars addresses the many aspects of astrophysics in which these stars play an important role. Review papers are presented from both observational and theoretical work by world experts in the study...
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  • The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos

    Advance Praise for The Accelerating UniverseThe Accelerating Universe is not only an informative book about modern cosmology. It is rich storytelling and, above all, a celebration of the human mind in its quest for beauty in all things.--Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's DreamsThis is...
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  • The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos

    Advance Praise for The Accelerating UniverseThe Accelerating Universe is not only an informative book about modern cosmology. It is rich storytelling and, above all, a celebration of the human mind in its quest for beauty in all things.--Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's DreamsThis is...
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  • The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

    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 principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group...
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  • The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number

    Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely...
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  • Why?: What Makes Us Curious by Livio, Mario
    Mario Livio

    Why?: What Makes Us Curious

    Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics--curiosity--in this "lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account" (Kirkus Reviews) as he explores our innate desire to know why.Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone...
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