Publications by Philip Ball

“Where is there wisdom to be found in ancient materials technologies?”, MRS Bulletin March 2005, p. 149.

“Painting the whole picture?”, Nature 445, 486 (February 2007).

“The physics of sand dunes”, Nature 457, 1084 (2009).

“In Retrospect: On the Six-Cornered Snowflake”, Nature 480, 455 (2011). Available here.

“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.

“The perfect nanotube”, Nature 382, 207-208 (1996).

“Life’s lessons in design”, Nature 409, 413 (2001).

“How to keep dry in water”, Nature 423, 25 (2003).

The beauty of chemistry, a preview of my book Elegant Solutions, published in Chemistry World April 2005, p. 33. Available at www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2005/April/Thebeautyofchemistry.asp

“A jump that would prove Newton wrong”, Nature 446, 357 (March 2007).