General Publications

“In retrospect: On Growth and Form” [retrospective on D’Arcy Thompson’s book], Nature 494, 32–33 (2013). Available here.

“The future of physics”, Research Professional Funding Insight, 7 January 2014. See here.

“New horizons in inner space”, Nature 361, 297 (1993).

“Science in culture: Nature’s microscopic art forms”, Nature 407, 676 (2000).

“Self-assembly”, Technology Review November 2001.

“Starting from scratch”, Nature 431, 624 (2004).

“Chemistry and power in recent American fiction” published in Hyle 12(1), 45 (2006). Available at www.hyle.org/journal/issues/12-1/ball.htm

“Achievement index climbs the ranks”, Nature 448, 737 (August 2007).

“Newton’s rainbow” [review of “Let Newton Be”], Nature 472, 168 (2011).

“Reinventing Galileo” [review of the RSC’s ‘Life of Galileo’], Nature 494, 428–429 (2013). Available here.