The molecular roots of evolution
Extended version of “Celebrate the Unknowns”, published in Nature 496 419-420 (2013).
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Selection of Articles by Philip Ball
From Symbol to Substance
An augmented version of an essay on light art and technology for the catalogue of the exhibition “Light Show” at the Hayward Gallery, London, Jan-Apr 2013
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Tricks of the Light
Extended version, with images, of an article on ‘caustic art’ published in New Scientist 30 January 2013.
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Sublime intervention
An article on wonder in science, published in New Statesman 7 May 2012.
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Nature’s Fantastical Palette
An extended version of an article on animal photonics and physical coloration published in Scientific American, May 2012. Download PDF.
Forbidden chemistry
Extended version of an article published in New Scientist, January 2012
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Quantum Biology
An article on quantum coherence in photosynthesis and related quantum phenomena in biology, published in Nature 474, 272 (June 2011).
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