Philip Ball
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Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science
$40.00 Add to cartFlush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy
The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people s- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300280874
- Language: English
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How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
$22.00 Add to cart“Bold and intriguing.”–Wall Street Journal – “Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) – “Offers plenty of food for thought.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0226840069
- Language: English
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Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different
$22.00 Add to cart“Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.”
Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago, quantum mechanics has only been getting more shocking. We now realize that it’s not rea- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 14 2020
- ISBN10: 022675510X
- Language: English
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The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
$26.00 Add to cartPopular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?
Sciences fro- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 022679587X
- Language: English
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The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
$22.50 Read moreWith The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the natu… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0226823849
- Language: English
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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
$38.00 Read moreThough at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashe… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 022633242X
- Language: English
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The Elements: A Visual History of Their Discovery
$38.00 Add to cartFrom water, air, and fire to tennessine and oganesson, celebrated science writer Philip Ball leads us through the full sweep of the field of chemistry in this exquisitely illustrated history of the el… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 2021
- ISBN10: 022677595X
- Language: English
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How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology
$29.00 Add to cart“Bold and intriguing.”–Wall Street Journal – “Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) – “Offers plenty of food for thought.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)… [more below]
- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0226826686
- Language: English
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Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science
$35.00 Add to cartA New Scientist Best Book of 2023
Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares. This illustrated his- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0226825825
- Language: English
