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Philip Ball

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Philip Ball is a British science writer and editor. For over twenty years he has been an editor of the journal Nature for which he continues to write regularly. Besides articles for journals, magazines, and newspapers, he has authored books on science and broadcast on many occasions on radio and TV. - Wikipedia

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  • Cover of: Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color

    First published in 2001 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition brightearthinven0000ball Cover of edition brightearthinven0000ball_r3v7
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  • Cover of: Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another

    First published in 2004 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition criticalmass00phil
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  • Cover of: The devil's doctor: Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science

    First published in 2006 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Invisible: the dangerous allure of the unseen

    First published in 2014 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The sun and moon corrupted

    First published in 2008 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Curiosity: how science became interested in everything

    First published in 2012 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition curiosityhowscie0000ball
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  • Cover of: Shapes: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts (Natures Patterns)

    First published in 2008 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition naturespatternst00ball_552
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  • Cover of: Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral

    First published in 2008 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition universestonebio00ball
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  • Cover of: An Englishman Abroad

    First published in 2004 2 editions — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: H2O - Biographie des Wassers.

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  • Cover of: Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water

    First published in 2000 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: H2o Una Biografa Del Agua

    First published in 2010 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts

    First published in 2011 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The ingredients: a guided tour of the elements

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Made to measure: new materials for the 21st century

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The self-made tapestry: pattern formation in nature

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Stories of the invisible: a guided tour of molecules

    First published in 2001 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The water kingdom: a secret history of China

    First published in 2017 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Serving the Reich: the struggle for the soul of physics under Hitler

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
History, Chemistry, Pattern formation (Biology), Science, Pattern formation (Physical sciences), Popular works, Chaotic behavior in systems, Social aspects, Water, Biology, Chemical elements, Developmental biology, Materials, Molecules, Alchemists, Biography, Chemistry, popular works, Geometry in nature, Histoire, Human behavior, Music, Music and science, Natural law, Nature (aesthetics), Nuclear physics
Places
China, Germany, Switzerland
People
Paracelsus (1493-1541), Max Planck (1858-1947), Peter J. W. Debye (1884-1966), Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)
Time
16th century, 1933-1945, 20th century

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July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
October 22, 2012 Edited by Kel Ly merge authors
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import