An 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.
Mario Livio Book order
January 1, 1945
- 2020
- 2017
Why?
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates human curiosity as he explores our innate desire to know why.
- 2014
Brilliant Blunders
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Mario Livio shows how even geniuses made major mistakes and how their errors were an essential aspect to achieving scientific breakthroughs
- 2010
Is God a Mathematician?
- 308 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world? Illustrations throughout.
- 2007
From the author of the bestseller "The Golden Ratio" comes the story of the 4,000-year-long mathematical quest that uncovered the laws of symmetry in nature and the arts.
- 2003
The Golden Ratio. The Story of Phi, The World's Most Astonishing Number
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
"The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist."--Goggle Books
