Publications by Philip Ball - General
The Invention of Colour
"The Invention of Colour", Interfaces 33 (2012). Available here.
AMAZON.it - Colore. Una biografia. Tra arte storia e chimica, la bellezza e i misteri del mondo del colore - di Philip Ball
AMAZON.co.uk - Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Colour - Philip Ball
Love, Literature and the Quantum Atom
Review of "Love, Literature and the Quantum Atom", ed. F. Aaserud & J. L. Heilbron, in New Scientist 12 August 2013. See here.
Hits, Misses and Close Calls
"Hits, Misses and Close Calls: An Image Essay on Pattern Formation in On Growth and Form", Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 38.1, 74-88 (2013). See here.
Reviews of Time Reborn (Lee Smolin) and Farewell to Reality (Jim Baggott)
Reviews of Time Reborn (Lee Smolin) and Farewell to Reality (Jim Baggott), Observer 9 June 2013.
The Wizard of Houston Street
"The Wizard of Houston Street" [review of Tesla by W. Bernard Carlson], Wall Street Journal, May 24 (2013). Available here.
Celebrate the unknowns
"Celebrate the unknowns", Nature 496, 419–420 (2013). Available here.
What does DNA do?
"What does DNA do?", Chemistry World, May 2013.
Mind as mirror
"Mind as mirror" [review of Surfaces and Essences by Douglas Hofstadter & Emmanuel Sander], Nature 496, 424-425 (2013).
A demon-haunted theory
"A demon-haunted theory", Physics World, April, 36-39 (2013).
Reinventing Galileo
"Reinventing Galileo" [review of the RSC’s ‘Life of Galileo’], Nature 494, 428–429 (2013). Available here.
In retrospect: On Growth and Form
"In retrospect: On Growth and Form" [retrospective on D’Arcy Thompson’s book], Nature 494, 32–33 (2013). Available here.
Symmetry wars
"Symmetry wars" [review of I Died For Beauty by Marjorie Senechal], Nature 492, 37-38 (2012). Available here.
Martin Fleischmann: Obituary
"Martin Fleischmann: Obituary", Nature 489, 34 (2012). Available here.
Algorithmic rapture
"Algorithmic rapture", Nature 488, 458 (2012). Available here.
Impractical magic
"Impractical magic" [review of Glyn Parry’s biography of John Dee, The Arch-Conjuror of England], Nature 482, 160 (2012). Available here.
Chemical history in bite-sized pieces
"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)
Wind on the lakes
"Wind on the lakes", MRS Bulletin 36, 969-970 (2011).
In Retrospect: On the Six-Cornered Snowflake
"In Retrospect: On the Six-Cornered Snowflake", Nature 480, 455 (2011). Available here.
Crisis response: The new history
"Crisis response: The new history", Nature 480, 447-448 (2011). Available here.
