The Equation That Couldn't be Solved by Mario Livio

The Equation That Couldn't be Solved by Mario Livio

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.

Livio, Mario: - Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a bestselling author, and a popular speaker.

He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, who worked for 24 years with the Hubble Space Telescope.

He has published more than 400 scientific papers on topics ranging from Dark Energy and cosmology to black holes and extrasolar planets.

Dr. Livio is also the author of six popular science books, including The Golden Ratio (an International Bestseller for which he received the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize) and Is God a Mathematician? (which was the basis for the 2016 Emmy-nominated TV NOVA program The Great Math Mystery).

Livio's book Brilliant Blunders was a national bestseller in the U.S., and was selected by The Washington Post as one of the Best Books of the Year.

The paperback edition of his new book, Why?: What Makes Us Curious, appeared on May 22, 2018.

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ISBN 13	9780743258203
ISBN 10	0743258207
Title	The Equation That Couldn't be Solved
Author	Mario Livio
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2005-09-13
Number of pages	353
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