Philip Ball
Philip Ball is a freelance science writer and the author of numerous books on a wide range of science-related subjects, including The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science (William Heinemann, 2006) and Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People (Bodley Head, 2011). He worked previously at Nature magazine for over 20 years. His latest book, Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything, was published by Bodley Head in 2012. Visit Philip Ball’s website.
Articles by Philip Ball
Curiouser and curiouser
It means both inquisitive and odd, and drives human discovery. Philip Ball traces a curious history
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Playing God
With Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein due to open at the National Theatre in February, Philip Ball looks at the timeless fascination, and consequences, of the monster myth
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