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Mario Livio

1945 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mario Livio is the 663rd most popular physicist (down from 617th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Romania (down from 324th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Mario Livio ranks 663 out of 851. Before him are Brian Greene, C. V. Boys, Paul Scherrer, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Matvei Bronstein, and Michael Green. After him are Seth Neddermeyer, Helen Quinn, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Edith Clarke, Yoshiaki Arata, and Brandon Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Mario Livio ranks 443. Before him are Saharon Shelah, Helen Fisher, Mohammed El Filali, Henrik Nordbrandt, Tony Kaye, and Portia Simpson-Miller. After him are Leslie West, Francisco Sá, Erwin Vandendaele, Roland Moreno, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, and Gulnazar Keldi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mario Livio ranks 367 out of 844. Before him are Ștefan Birtalan (1948), Gáspár Heltai (1510), Cosmin Olăroiu (1969), Neagu Djuvara (1916), C. A. Rosetti (1816), and Rudolf Bürger (1908). After him are Nicolae Crețulescu (1812), Gigi Becali (1958), Ion Panțuru (1934), Júlia Sigmond (1929), Pavel Badea (1967), and Mircea Rednic (1962).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Romania

Among physicists born in Romania, Mario Livio ranks 3. Before him are Valentin Ceaușescu (1948), and Stefan Hell (1962). After him are Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882), and Mordehai Milgrom (1946).

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