Publications by Philip Ball

Extreme chemistry: experiments at the edge of the periodic table

Nature 565, 522, 30 January 2019. Available here.

What is an element?

Chemistry World, 10 January 2019. Available here.

A stark reminder that physics still struggles with its gender problem

Prospect, 8 April 2019. Available here.

Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s?

The Observer, 3 March 2019. Available here.

Neuroscience readies for a showdown over consciousness ideas

Quanta, 6 March 2019. Available here.

The true story of the birth of the periodic table

New Scientist, 26 February 2019. Available here.

The nationalistic agendas of moon missions

New Scientist, 18 December 2018. Available here.

Uterus transplants

The Guardian, 6 December 2018. Available here.

A new golden age for space exploration?

Prospect, 8 January 2019. Available here.

Entries in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta

Contains my essays on the thermodynamics of life and on quantum reconstructions. MIT Press, November 2018.