Philip Ball
“In quantum theory, words are blunt tools.”
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. His forthcoming book is The Man Who Broke Reality: Niels Bohr and the Making of Modern Physics.
"Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer" — The Sunday Times