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
 
 
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A selection of miscellaneous articles and presentations by Philip Ball
 
  • Portrait of a molecule: an article published in a supplement for the 50th anniversary of DNA, Nature 421, 421-422 (2003). View as webpage or download PDF
  • Beyond words - science and visual theatre: an article published in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 27, 169 (2002). View as webpage or download PDF
  • Chemistry in soft focus: an article published in Chemistry in Britain 38(9), 32 (2002). View as webpage or download PDF
  • Uncertainty: an article published in Frontiers 03 (Atlantic Books, 2003). View as webpage or download PDF
  • How on earth did we get here?: introduction to the science section of A Very Short Introduction to Everything (OUP, 2003). View as webpage or download PDF
  • Starting from scratch: feature on synthetic biology, Nature, October 2004.
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  • "A dangerous experiment" an analysis of the state of science at UK universities, published in the Prospect supplement Quarter
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  • "Is it any good? Measuring scientific merit" a talk given at the meeting of the German Physical Society, Regensburg, March 2007
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  • "BBC Radio 4 - The Material World" 28 June 2007: Philip was one of the panellists discussing the genre of "science plays".
  • Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20070628.shtml
  • "BBC Radio 4 – Frontiers" 28 November 2007: Philip presented a programme on digital medicine.
  • Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/frontiers_20071128.shtml
  • "BBC World Service – Science in Action" 21 December 2007: Philip was one of the panellists reviewing the past year in science.
  • Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/science_in_action.shtml