Books by Mario Livio
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review 1: First let me say that you need to be a nerd to want to read this book (yes, I'm a nerd). Although I liked the book despite having already known a lot about the scientist covered in the book (hardly the author's fault) I won't really call most of what is covered as "brilliant Blu...
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review 1: Great scientists were mere humans, and like all humans; they were destined to make mistakes. This is not surprising, but to keep insisting on what is -today- clearly a big mistake is, I think, interesting to learn about.The author have chosen five blunders of five scientists, and...
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review 1: The relevance of mathematics in physical realityThis is a historical review of the evolution of mathematics in physics and philosophy. The author and publishers have used a catchy title for the book to enhance its marketability. I was looking for a philosophical analysis of the b...
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review 1: Despite its attention-grabbing title, the actual aim of the book is to explain the "unreasonable effectiveness" of mathematics and, along similar lines, to determine whether mathematics is "invented" or "discovered." I found the book to be at its weakest when attempting to actual...