Books written by Philip Ball, science writer. Writing at the interface of science and culture.
Selection of articles Water; Patterns; Colour; Nanoscience; Materials; Physics of Society; Alchemy; Other
 
 
COLOUR
A selection of articles and presentations about colour by Philip Ball
 
  • Bright Earth: a talk delivered as a Friday Discourse at the Royal Institution, March 2001.
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  • Colour and art: notes for a talk delivered at the V&A Museum, London, October 2002.
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  • Alchemy and colour: an article for the UCL chemistry departmental bulletin.
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  • The making of Cézanne's palette: an article published in Helix X(2), 2001.
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  • The reign of light: unpublished article.
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  • Colour: an article published in Natural History, March 2002.
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  • Interview with The Atlantic magazine, 2002.
  • Colour in art and science: a talk for sixth-formers delivered at Study Experiences, Poitiers, Feb 2003.
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  • "Color Theory in Science and Art: Ostwald and the Bauhaus", an article written in collaboration with Mario Ruben in Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43, 4842 (2004). [pdf available for download]
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