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Philip Ball discusses Alan Turing’s research on morphogenesis

2015 sees the 350th anniversary of the journal Philosophical Transactions, making it the world’s oldest scientific journal. As part of the celebrations to mark this anniversary, The Royal Society has published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions A (physical sciences papers) and Philosophical Transactions B (life sciences papers), looking back at pioneering papers from the archive, with commentaries by leading scientists, historians and science writers. Here we talk to one of the authors, Philip Ball, about his discussion of Alan Turing’s 1952 paper on ‘The chemical basis of morphogenesis’.

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Reviews: SERVING THE REICH: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler

Book cover - Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler by Philip Ball

Selected for science books of the year in the Observer and Times Higher Education. Shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books.


“The story is intriguing for it reveals the lack of insight of many of the world’s greatest physicists.”Robin McKie, Observer


“Ball’s book shows what can happen to morality when cleverness and discovery are valued above all else.”Philip Maughan, New Statesman

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