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
 
 
MATERIALS
A selection of articles and presentations about materials by Philip Ball
 
  Materials Witness columns
for Nature Materials
  • Smart stuff: the text for the booklet accompanying the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2002. View as webpage or download PDF
  • 2002
  • Smart materials: a talk delivered at the University of Oxford, 2002. View as webpage or download PDFor Word Doc + PowerPoint Presentation (ZIP file 8.5Mb)
  • 2003
  • Materials of the future: an article for the UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (2001). View as webpage or download PDF
  • 2004
  • Introduction to the new edition of The New Science of Strong Materials by J. E. Gordon (Princeton University Press, 2005). Download PDF
  • 2005
     
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    2007