Making Stuff: From Bacon to Bakelite
“Making Stuff: From Bacon to Bakelite”, chapter in Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society, ed. Bill Bryson (HarperPress, 2010). Amazon Bestseller (Sales Rank 56 – at time of writing)
Other Publications
Entries in 30-Second Elements
Entries in 30-Second Elements (ed. E. Scerri). Metro Books, New York, 2013.
From Symbol to Substance: The Technologies of Light
“From Symbol to Substance: The Technologies of Light”, in Light Show (exhibition catalogue). Hayward Publishing, London, 2013.
Nineteenth Century Colour: Chemistry and the New Rainbow
“Nineteenth Century Colour: Chemistry and the New Rainbow”, in Colour in the Making. Black Dog, 2013.
AMAZON.co.uk – Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Colour – Philip Ball
Entries in 30-Second Quantum Theory
Entries in 30-Second Quantum Theory (ed. B. Clegg). Ivy Press, New York, 2014.
Entries in The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought
Entries in The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought (2nd Edn) (Fontana, 1999).
Supramolecular chemistry
“Supramolecular chemistry” (with Jean-Marie Lehn), in The New Chemistry (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
Contributions in The Science Book
Contributions in The Science Book (ed. P. Tallack) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001).
Materials of the Future
“Materials of the Future”, in The Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCO, 2002). www.eolss.com