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Philip Ball (born 1962) is an English science writer. He holds a degree in chemistry from Oxford and a doctorate in physics from Bristol University. He was an editor for the journal Nature for over 10 years. He now writes a regular column in Chemistry World. Ball's most-popular book is the 2004 Critical Mass: How One Things Leads to Another, winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books.

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Total Books: 83
How Life Works A Users Guide to the New Biology
2023 - How Life Works a Users Guide to the New Biology (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226826684
ISBN-10: 0226826686
Genre: Science & Math
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Beautiful Experiments An Illustrated History of Experimental Science
2023 - Beautiful Experiments an Illustrated History of Experimental Science (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226825823
ISBN-10: 0226825825
Genre: Science & Math
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The Elements A Visual History of Their Discovery
2021 - The Elements a VIsual History of Their Discovery (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226775951
ISBN-10: 022677595X
Genre: Science & Math
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The Modern Myths Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
The Beauty of Chemistry Art Wonder and Science
2021 - The Beauty of Chemistry Art Wonder and Science (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262044417
ISBN-10: 0262044412
Genres: Arts & Photography, Science & Math
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Beyond Weird Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different
How to Grow a Human Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
30Second Quantum Theory The 50 most thoughtprovoking quantum concepts each explained in half a minute
A Waste of Blood and Treasure The 1799 AngloRussian Invasion of the Netherlands
2017 - A Waste of Blood and Treasure the 1799 Anglorussian Invasion of the Netherlands (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781473885189
ISBN-10: 1473885183
Genre: History
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The Water Kingdom
2017 - The Water Kingdom (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781784701543
ISBN-10: 1784701548
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Literature & Fiction, Science & Math
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The Water Kingdom A Secret History of China
2017 - The Water Kingdom a Secret History of China (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226369204
ISBN-10: 022636920X
Genres: History, Science & Math, Engineering & Transportation
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Patterns in Nature Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
2016 - Patterns in Nature Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226332420
ISBN-10: 022633242X
Genre: Science & Math
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Invisible The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen
2016 - Invisible the Dangerous Allure of the Unseen (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780226378251
ISBN-10: 022637825X
Genres: History, Science & Math
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Active Shooter Survival Manual
2016 - Active Shooter Survival Manual (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781523841493
ISBN-10: 1523841494
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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Invisible The History of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics
2015 - Invisible the History of the Unseen From Plato to Particle Physics (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099590439
ISBN-10: 0099590433
Genre: Science & Math
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Serving the Reich The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler
2014 - Serving the Reich the Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780226204574
ISBN-10: 022620457X
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Curiosity How Science Became Interested in Everything
Why Society is a Complex Matter Meeting Twentyfirst Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science
The Music Instinct How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
Shapes Nature's Patterns A Tapestry in Three Parts
2011 - Shapes Nature's Patterns a Tapestry in Three Parts (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780199604869
ISBN-10: 019960486X
Genre: Science & Math
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Flow Nature's Patterns A Tapestry in Three Parts
2011 - Flow Nature's Patterns a Tapestry in Three Parts (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780199604876
ISBN-10: 0199604878
Genre: Science & Math
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2007 - Brillante Denker Kuhne Pioniere Zehn Bahnbrechende Entdeckungen [Erlebnis Wissenschaft - German Edition] (Hardcover)
2004 - The Elements a Very Short Introduction [Very Short Introductions] (Paperback)
2003 - Morbo (Paperback)
2003 - Molecules a Very Short Introduction [Very Short Introductions] (Paperback)