Beauty and Truth Again? Lessons from Physics, Art, and Theology
Tom McLeish This essay is based on a public lecture given in May of 2022 at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge. PDF available here.
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Science as a Human Story: The Royal Society Recognizes Philip Ball
Philip Ball on winning the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture Philip Ball is the author of over 25 books, a writer, broadcaster, scientist, a
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Quantum Information Theory: Part 2 of Philip Ball on Beyond Weird
The writer Philip Ball is former editor of Nature, a physicist by training, and the author of over 25 books on science, history,
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Cosmic Humility: Harvard’s Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrials and The Future of Science
Avi Loeb, Harvard Astrophysicist, in Conversation with Samuel Loncar Read the PDF. Introduction In the Fall of 2017, atop the dormant volcano Heleakalā,
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For the Life of Science: Philip Ball on Quantum Physics and The Writing Life
Philip Ball in Conversation with Samuel Loncar PDF available here Over a few delightful hours last year, I spoke to the genial and generous
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What Is Soft Matter?
Philip Ball on Tom McLeish The British biologist Peter Medawar called science the art of the soluble. It’s an apt characterization, recognizing that
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