General Publications

“Chemical history in bite-sized pieces” (review of William Brock’s The Case of the Poisonous Socks: Tales from Chemistry), Nature Chemistry 4, 3 (2012)

“The Invention of Colour”, Interfaces 33 (2012). Available here.

AMAZON.co.uk – Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Colour – Philip Ball

“Off and on reflection”, Nature 391, 232-233 (1998).

“Tabletop astrophysics”, Nature 411, 628 (2001).

“Utopia theory”, Physics World October 2003, p.29.

“Lavoisier’s legacy”, Chemical & Engineering News 19 September 2005, p. 42.

“The click concept”, Chemistry World, April 2007, p.46.

“Proteins unravelled”, Chemistry World December 2009.

“Impractical magic” [review of Glyn Parry’s biography of John Dee, The Arch-Conjuror of England], Nature 482, 160 (2012). Available here.

“Fueling physics envy?”, Physics World, August 2013. See here.