Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history’s greatest mathematicians to ask how—if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind—it can so perfectly explain the physical world. Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about “the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics” in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural world. More than that—mathematics has often made predictions, for example, about subatomic particles or cosmic phenomena that were unknown at the time, but later were proven to be true. Is mathematics ultimately invented or discovered? If, as Einstein insisted, mathematics is “a product of human thought that is independent of experience,” how can it so accurately describe and even predict the world around us? Physicist and author Mario Livio brilliantly explores mathematical ideas from Pythagoras to the present day as he shows us how intriguing questions and ingenious answers have led to ever deeper insights into our world. This fascinating book will interest anyone curious about the human mind, the scientific world, and the relationship between them.

Explores the plausibility of mathematical answers to puzzles in the physical world, in an accessible exploration of the lives and thoughts of such figures as Archimedes, Galileo, and Newton. By the author of The Golden Ratio. 50,000 first printing.

This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world? Illustrations throughout.

This book revolutionizes the prevailing understanding and teaching of math. This book is a must for all upper-level Christian school curricula and for college students and adults interested in math or related fields of science and religion. It will serve as a solid refutation for the claim, often made in court, that mathematics is one subject which cannot be taught from a distinctively biblical perspective. - Back cover.

THE BIBLE IS THE MOST NUMERICALLY CONSTRUCTED BOOK IN THE WORLD. JUSTIN MARTYR (A.D. 160), IRENAEUS (A.D.180), CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (A.D. 195), TERULLIAN (A.D. 210), CYRIAN (A.D. 250), VICTORINUS (A.D. 280), METHODIUS (A.D. 290), AND MANY OTHER EARLY CHURCH MINISTERS AND THEOLOGIANS WROTE OF THE COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL DESIGNS IN SCRIPTURE THAT PROVED ONLY A MASTER MATHEMATICIAN COULD HAVE DIRECTED THIS NUMERICAL CONSTRUCTION. THE FACT THAT THE SIXTY-SIX BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF SIXTEEN HUNDRED YEARS BY FORTY OR MORE WRITERS, MOST NOT HAVING PRECEDING OR SUCCEEDING BOOKS, YET CONTINUING THE AMAZING MATHEMATICAL PATTERNS, PROVES THAT A MASTER MATHEMATICIAN WAS IN CHARGE. WHILE SOME BOOKS ON THIS SUBJECT DROWN THE READER WITH DRY STATISTICS, NOAH HUTCHINGS HAS WRITTEN ONE THAT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND; ONE THAT WILL INCREASE THE CHRISTIANS' FAITH IN THE BIBLE AS THE WORD OF GOD; AND PROVE TO THE UNSAVED THAT THE MASTER MATHEMATICIAN WHO INSPIRED THE SCRIPTURES IS THE SAME LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST ALL WHO COME TO HIM IN FAITH.

Contained in these pages, there will be a few puzzles and questions. They may be unnerving for both atheists and the believers in God, but that is the purpose. Everything here is based on pure logical observation and not on any mythical or religious foundation. There will be a few lines of tedious math and Bible verse, but those you may choose to skip over. They are only there for your perusal and to help make points.

This text contains the illustrations of a numerical system that transcends all spoken languages. Within this book the symbols are translated into Chinese, Western Arabic, Devanagari, Eastern Arabic, Bengali, Tamil, and Thai numerals. Infinite numbers are broken down into a few intersecting lines and made comprehensible. All symbols are made up of connecting crucifixes.