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Mario Livio | |
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 Mario Livio at Festival della Scienza in Genova, 2017 | |
| Born | June 19, 1945 |
| Known for | Theory of Type Ia supernova Exoplanets Accretion onto compact objects Emergence of life in the universe Galileo and the Science Deniers (2020) Why? What Makes Us Curious (2017) Brilliant Blunders (2013) Is God a Mathematician? (2009) The Equation That Couldn't be Solved (2005) The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002) |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009), International Pythagoras Prize, for Best Expository Text in Mathematics (2005), Peano Prize (2003), Carnegie Centenary Professorship (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Space Telescope Science Institute Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Mario Livio (born June 19, 1945) is an astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics. For 24 years (1991–2015) he was an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates the Hubble Space Telescope. He has published more than 400 scientific articles on topics including cosmology, supernova explosions, black holes, extrasolar planets, and the emergence of life in the universe.[1] His book on the irrational number phi, The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002), won the Peano Prize and the International Pythagoras Prize for popular books on mathematics.