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
 
 
REVIEWS
CRITICAL MASS : How One Thing Leads to Another
 
  • "Ball delves far beyond today's headlines... substantial, impeccably researched and generally persuasive. For anyone who would like to learn about the intellectual ferment at the surprising junction of physics and social science, Critical Mass is the place to start."
    Steven Strogatz, Nature
  • "Philip Ball makes physics sexy again in Critical Mass."
    Vanity Fair
  • "Lively and wonderfully informative."
    George Scialabba, Boston Globe
  • "Chock-full of stimulating hypotheses and well-told stories."
    Ian Garrick Mason, San Francisco Chronicle
  • "Ball writes patiently and eloquently about both the history of political economy and developments in modern physics."
    James Harkin, Independent on Sunday
  • "Contains material likely to annoy both liberals and conservatives, but will make them think."
    John Gribbin, The Independent
  • "A highly provocative work of popular science ."
    Kirkus
  • Other Reviews:

    UNIVERSE OF STONE: Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind
    THE SUN AND MOON CORRUPTED: A novel
    THE DEVIL'S DOCTOR: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
    ELEGANT SOLUTIONS : Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry
    CRITICAL MASS : How One Thing Leads to Another
    THE INGREDIENTS :A Guided Tour of the Elements
    BRIGHT EARTH: Art and the Invention of Colour
    STORIES OF THE INVISIBLE: A Guided Tour of Molecules
    H2O: A Biography of Water
    THE SELF-MADE TAPESTRY: Pattern Formation in Nature
    MADE TO MEASURE: New Materials for the 21st Century
    DESIGNING THE MOLECULAR WORLD: Chemistry at the Frontier