Dr. Mario Livio
馬里奧‧利維奧 博士
Important experience / 重要經歷
Astrophysicist, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校天文物理學家
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
美國科學促進會會士
International Pythagoras Prize, for Best Expository Text in Mathematics (2005)
國際畢達哥拉斯獎（最佳數學說明文本）
Author of seven popular science books:
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 (2002)
The Accelerating Universe (2000)
七本暢銷科學專書的作者，包括：
《伽利略與否定科學者》(2020)、《好奇心 : 從達文西、費曼等天才身上尋找好奇心的運作機制, 其實你我都擁有無限潛能》(2017)、《聰明的錯誤》(2013)、《上帝是數學家？》(2009)、《無法解出的方程》(2005)、《黃金比例：1.618…世界上最美的數字》(2002)、《加速的宇宙》(2000)
Research Areas / 研究範疇
Astrophysics
天文物理學
Introduction / 簡介
Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a best-selling author, and a popular speaker.
He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He has published more than 500 scientific papers on topics ranging from Dark Energy and cosmology to black holes, extrasolar planets, and life in the universe.
He is also the author of seven 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?” (that was the basis for the 2016 Emmy-nominated NOVA program “The Great Math Mystery”).
His latest book, “Galileo and the Science Deniers,” was selected by the Washington Post and by Science News as one of the best books of 2020.
His book “WHY?” is one of the “Editors’ Pick” on Amazon.
利維奧博士是一位國際知名的天文物理學家、暢銷書作家及著名的演講者。他是美國科學促進會會士，並已發表了超過五百份科學論文，主題涵蓋黑暗物質、宇宙學、黑洞、系外行星、宇宙生命等。
他同時是七本暢銷科學專書的作者，其中《黃金比例：1.618…世界上最美的數字》(‘The Golden Ratio’)一書更在2003年獲得皮亞諾獎及在2004年獲得國際畢達哥拉斯獎。《上帝是數學家？》(‘Is God a Mathematician?’)一書則激發了NOVA program的《偉大的數學之謎》(‘The Great Math Mystery’)系列，此系列在2016時入選艾美獎之提名。
2020年五月的著作《伽利略與否定科學者》(“Galileo and the Science Deniers”)獲華盛頓郵報選為2020年度最佳書籍，《好奇心 : 從達文西、費曼等天才身上尋找好奇心的運作機制, 其實你我都擁有無限潛能》(‘Why? What Makes Us Curious’)亦獲選為亞馬遜平台上的編輯精選。
More about the speaker / 更多關於講者
https://www.mario-livio.com/