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A Selection from Philip Ball
Published: 17/05/12
Hardback Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everythingby Philip BallUsually despatched immediately
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Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making Peopleby Philip Ball | Traces the threads that link the legendary inventor Daedalus, Goethe's tragic "Faust", the automata-making magicians of "E.T.A. Hoffman" and... (more info)
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| | Flow : Nature's Patterns A Tapestry in Three Partsby Philip Ball | Philip Ball explores the elusive rules that govern flow in nature - from the swirl of a wisp of smoke and eddies in rivers, to the huge... (more info)
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| | The Music Instinct : How Music Works and Why We Can't Do without itby Philip Ball | Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? And how do we make sense... (more info)
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| | Branches: Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Partsby Philip Ball | Philip Ball explores the science of the branching patterns we see in nature, revealing that there is much more to these networks than meets... (more info)
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| | This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers, who believed there were four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the work of modern-day scientists in creating elements such as hassium and meitnerium. Packed with... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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