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Postings from the interface of science and culture

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Science books you (and I) should read

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La Recherche asked me to recommend my favourite science book for a special issue of the magazine. I had to go for Richard Holmes’ The Ag...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The hidden structure of liquids

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Here’s a Commentary written for the collection of essays curated by Nature Materials for the International Year of Crystallography . It...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

How to get your starter for ten

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This piece started off headed for Prospect's blog , but didn't quite make it. So you get it instead. ___________________________...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Unnatural creations

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Here is a commentary that I have just published in the Lancet . ___________________________________________________________________ “I ...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

A feeling for flow

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Here is a slightly different version of my article for Nautilus on turbulence – in particular, with several more images, as this piece see...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

Quantum reality and Einstein's moon

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Here’s a more expansive and referenced version (in English!) of my article in the latest La Recherche on the quantum view of “reality”. It ...
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Philip Ball
I am a London-based writer, and the author of several books on aspects of science and its interactions with other aspects of culture. My latest book is The Modern Myths (University of Chicago Press, 2021).
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