Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: a myth of anthropoeia
This is the fourth chapter of my book Unnatural (2011), which I’m making available for the bicentenary of the publication of Frankenstein. pdf
THE WATER KINGDOM: A Secret History of China
The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China by Philip Ball
The Water Kingdom takes us on a grand journey through China’s past and present, offering a unique window through which we can begin to grasp the overwhelming complexity and teeming energy of the country and its people.
Water is the key that unlocks much of China’s history and thought. The ubiquitous relationship that the Chinese people have had with water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. From the Han emperors to Mao, the ability to manage the waters – to provide irrigation and defend against floods – became a barometer of political legitimacy, and attempts to do so have involved engineering works on a gigantic scale. Yet the strain that economic growth is putting on its water resources today may be the greatest threat to China’s future.
A History Book of the Year in The Times and The Economist
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Science Stories – Series Three
Two episodes by Philip Ball.
Radio 4 Broadcast 2016
Chaucer’s Astrolabe – The Medieval GPS
Maxwell’s Demon …
The Unseen – A History of the Invisible
Radio 4 Broadcast June 2016 – Five episodes.
Presenter: Philip Ball
Producer: Max O’Brien
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
Science writer and broadcaster Philip Ball sets out on a quest to explore the peculiar world of the invisible, a mysterious realm where magic and science meet.
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Science Stories – Series Two
Three episodes by Philip Ball.
Radio 4 Broadcast 2016
Einstein’s Fridge
The Meteorite and the Hidden Hoax
Submarine for a Stuart King
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No result, no problem
“No result, no problem”: on the pros and cons of publishing null results. Physics World, May 2016. Available here.
How human sacrifice propped up the social order
“How human sacrifice propped up the social order”, Nature online news, 4 April 2016. Available here.
Why physics is not a discipline
“Why physics is not a discipline”, Nautilus 21 April 2016. Available here.
Life rocks
“Life rocks: what can meteorites tell us about life on and beyond earth?”, Aeon 18 March 2016. Available here.