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
 
 
NANOSCIENCE
A selection of articles and presentations about nanoscience by Philip Ball
 
  • "Welcome to the machine", extended version of a feature article on molecular machines in Chemistry World January 2010
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  • "Putting the nano into nanochemistry", a 20-year review of fullerenes in Chemistry World December 2005, p. 28. Available at http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2005/December/nano.asp
  • "Synthetic biology for nanotechnology", a review in Nanotechnology 16, R1 (2005). [pdf available for download]
  • Nanotechnology in the firing line: a talk delivered at the International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing held at The Royal Society, London, on 15-16 December 2003.
    Available online at http://www.nanotechweb.org/articles/society/2/12/1/1
  • BBC - Radio 4 - Small Worlds
    A series of three programmes presented by Philip, which explore the emerging science of nanotechnology.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/smallworlds.shtml
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  • Nanoethics: a talk delivered at the Royal Society for the Arts, London, March 2003.
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  • Nanotechnology in fact and fiction: a (different!) talk for sixth-formers delivered at the University of Oxford, March 2003.
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  • Nanotechnology in fact and fiction: a talk delivered for the Founders' Day address, Union Collge, NY, February 2003.
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  • Natural strategies for the molecular engineer: a paper published in Nanotechnology (2002).
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