“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots.”
Philip Ball is a renowned British science writer and former editor of Nature, celebrated for uncovering the poetic wonder within hard science. In over thirty books—including Critical Mass (Royal Society Winton Prize), Beyond Weird (Physics World Book of the Year), and How Life Works—he explores how science is deeply entwined with culture, politics, and imagination.
From snowflakes and biology to quantum oddities, Ball reveals hidden patterns in nature and challenges the myth of pure objectivity. His work shows how physics sheds light on society, while Beyond Weird invites us to embrace quantum’s counterintuitive logic. Winner of the Royal Society’s Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Medal, Ball makes science urgent, beautiful, and socially relevant.
“The most cerebral of the UK’s professional science writers.” — Brian Clegg
