PHILIP BALL

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A Very Short IntroductionThis Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author takes the reader on an engaging and entertaining tour: from the Greek philosophers who propounded a...

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a tapestry in three partsPhilip Ball explores the elusive rules that govern flow in nature - from the swirl of a wisp of smoke and eddies in rivers, to the huge persistent storm that is the Great Spot on Jupiter. Whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds, he explains the science of the extraordinary forms and patterns that...

A Very Short IntroductionMolecules are the building blocks of matter. Using the molecules of life as a springboard, Philip Ball provides a new perspective on modern chemistry. He shows how molecular scientists are capturing the dynamism of biological molecules in synthetic systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of...

"Jestem inny. Nie zrażaj się tym." Te słowa napisał Phillippus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. Ten XVI-wieczny alchemik, znany lepiej jako Paracelsus, zraził do siebie niezliczone rzesze ludzi. Zapamiętali go jako samozwańczego geniusza, obrazoburczego filozofa, niepokornego myśliciela, zamkniętego w swoim wizjonerskim świecie, i wiecznego...