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Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science by Philip Ball
Category: Science
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 history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that scientists and natural philosophers have used throughout ...Show more
Beyond Weird - Quantum Physics by Philip Ball
Category: Science
PHYSICS WORLD 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A clear and deeply researched account of what's known about the quantum laws of nature, and how to think about what they might really mean' Nature 'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.' Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he w ...Show more
Beyond Weird ... Quantum Physics ... by Philip Ball
Category: Science
An exhilarating tour of the contemporary quantum landscape, addressing the question that most others fail to ask: what does quantum mechanics actually mean? 'This is the book I wish I could have written but am very glad I've read' Jim Al-Khalili 'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantu ...Show more
Branches: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts by Philip Ball
Category: Art
As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessel ...Show more
Bright Earth by Philip Ball
Category: Art
One of the least studied aspects of the history of art is the tools an artist uses - colour, including its manufacture as well as its use, falls into this category. This text charts the practicalities of the subject, from the ancient Egyptians onwards, showing how art and science overlap.
Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour by Philip Ball
Category: Art Instructional
Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist's palette - and charting the discoveries and developments ...Show more
Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour by Philip Ball
Category: Science
Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist's palette - and charting the discoveries and developments ...Show more
Colour in the Making: From Old Wisdom to New Brilliance by Philip Ball
Category: Art and Design
Colour in the Making is a visual history of art and design told through the materials of colour - from the discovery and use of early earth pigments through lakes to organic chemistry and into contemporary dyes, inks, printing techniques and manufacture. Throughout this sumptuously colourful book artist ...Show more
Curiosity : How Science Became Interested in Everything by Philip Ball
Category: Science
There was a time when curiosity was condemned. To be curious was to delve into matters that didn't concern you - after all, the original sin stemmed from a desire for forbidden knowledge. Through curiosity our innocence was lost. Yet this hasn't deterred us. Today we spend vast sums trying to recreate t ...Show more
Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything by Philip Ball
Category: Science
There was a time when curiosity was condemned. Through curiosity, our innocence was said to be lost. Ye this hasn't deterred us. Today we spend vast sums trying to recreate the first instants of creation in particle accelerators, out of pure desire to know. There seems now to be no question too vast or ...Show more