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Edition 52 (2022) Winner
Philip Ball
フィリップ・ボール
Firippu Bōru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Science writer
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Affiliations
- Editor at Nature, Columnist for Chemistry World
- Nominations
- Royal Society Winton Prize shortlist (Serving the Reich)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford University | — | Chemistry | Bachelor's degree | 1980年代初頭 | United Kingdom |
| University of Bristol | — | Physics | PhD | 1980年代後半 | United Kingdom |
Oxford University
Chemistry
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Period:
1980年代初頭
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United Kingdom
Degree in chemistry
University of Bristol
Physics
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1980年代後半
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD in physics, honorary Doctor of Letters in 2009
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books | Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another | — | Royal Society | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Kelvin Medal and Prize | — | — | Royal Society of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal | — | — | Royal Society | 受賞 |
Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
2005
Work:
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
Organization:
Royal Society
Result:
受賞
Kelvin Medal and Prize
2019
Organization:
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal
2022
Organization:
Royal Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
2004 ScienceApplies mathematical models to social and economic phenomena
Complex systemsTraffic flowPrisoner's dilemma
Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different
2018 ScienceNew understanding of quantum physics
Quantum physics
The Music Instinct
2010 ScienceExplores how music impacts emotions
Music and emotion
Bibliography
- Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier
- Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century
- The Self-made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature
- H2O: A Biography of Water
- Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of Molecules
- Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour
- The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements
- Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another
- Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry
- The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
- The Sun and Moon Corrupted
- Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
- Shapes, Nature's Patterns
- Flow, Nature's Patterns
- Branches, Nature's Patterns
- The Music Instinct
- Unnatural, The Heretical Idea of Making People
- Why Society is a Complex Matter
- Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything
- Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler
- Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen
- Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
- The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China
- Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different
- How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
- The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science
- The Elements: A Visual History of Their Discovery
- The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
- How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear and accessible popular science writingInterdisciplinary approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Complex systemsPatterns in natureHistory of science
Legacy
Prominent science writer, long-time editor at Nature, author of numerous popular science books, award-winning works on complex systems and quantum physics.