Molecules: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2003.Ĭritical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2004. The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2002. Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of Molecules, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2001.īright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 2002. H2O: A Biography of Water, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1999, published as Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water, Farrar, Straus & Giroux ( New York, NY), 2000. The Self-made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, Oxford University Press ( New York, NY), 1998. Made to Measure: New Materials for the Twenty-first Century, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1997. WRITINGS:ĭesigning the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1994.

Hobbies and other interests: Music and theater performance, travel.ĪDDRESSES: Agent-Peter Robinson, Curtis Brown, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP, England.ĬAREER: Nature, London, England, editor, 1988–2000 freelance writer, 2000–.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Award for books on chemistry, American Association of Publishers 1994, for Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology, 2003, for Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color Aventis Foundation Prize for best general science book, 2004, for Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another.

Education: Oxford University, B.A., 1983 University of Bristol, Ph.D., 1988. PERSONAL: Born October 30, 1962, in Newport, England son of David and Jennifer (Porter) Ball.

Molecules by Philip Ball