Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, formerly at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, and a popular lecturer. He is the author of The Golden Ratio, The Equation That Couldn’t Be Solved; Is God a Mathematician?; The Accelerating Universe; Brilliant Blunders, Galileo: And the Science Deniers, and Is Earth Exceptional? The Quest for Cosmic Life. He’s based in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space
In his book “Is Earth Exceptional?,” Mario Livio tackles a question that has captured imaginations for centuries: Are we alone in the universe?
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The Chicken-And-Egg Problem Of The Origin Of Life
In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.”
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Galileo’s Battle Against Science Denial
How Galileo’s fight for science against skeptics is more relevant than ever.
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The Curious Case Of…Curiosity
From child development to cognition, author and astrophysicist Mario Livio contemplates how we can shift our focus back on curiosity.
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Probing Humanity’s Endless ‘Why?’
Curiosity drives much of our learning and creativity. Where do we get it from, and how does it change our brains?
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Weighing A Star With Gravity: Einstein’s ‘Impossible’ Experiment
A century ago, we used general relativity to weigh the sun. A research team has finally done the same for a star outside our solar system.
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When Great Scientists Got It Wrong
In Brilliant Blunders, Mario Livio explores colossal errors by science’s greatest minds.
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Brilliant Blunders
Were the theories of illustrious minds such as Linus Pauling and Albert Einstein free of serious blunders? Absolutely not!