Astrophysicist and author mario livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our. Pdf on jul 1, 2006, mario livio and others published the equation. Books about a wide range from subjects, from space to mathematics, from history to psychology. The next part of the book focuses on the mathematical equations that. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. His book on the irrational number phi, the golden ratio. This cogent book presents the scientific research on curiosity in.
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