Livio, Mario

"A biography of the great astronomer and scientist, and an examination of the faith vs. science question, then and now, written by a noted astrophysicist and author"--Provided by publisher.

"Drawing on the lives of five great scientists--Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein--scientist/author Mario Livio shows how even the greatest scientists made major mistakes and how science built on these errors to achieve breakthroughs, especially into the evolution of life and the universe"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how various mathematical theories and discoveries have offered deeper insight into the universe, demonstrating the link between the scientific world and the human mind.

"Drawing on the lives of five great scientists--Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein--scientist/author Mario Livio shows how even the greatest scientists made major mistakes and how science built on these errors to achieve breakthroughs, especially into the evolution of life and the universe"--Provided by publisher.

Explores how various mathematical theories and discoveries have offered deeper insight into the universe, demonstrating the link between the scientific world and the human mind.

Explains how the attempts of two young nineteenth-century mathematicians--Frenchman ?variste Galois and Norwegian Niels Henrik Abel--to solve the quintic equation spawned group theory and examines the role of symmetry in nature, human perception, and human endeavor.

Tells the story of phi, the never ending, never repeating number known as the Golden Ratio, written as 1.6180339887..., looking at how it has been used, and claims about its use, throughout the history of mathematics.

Tells the story of phi, the never ending, never repeating number known as the Golden Ratio, written as 1.6180339887..., looking at how it has been used, and claims about its use, throughout the history of mathematics.