Stories of the Invisible by Philip Ball

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This text provides a new perspective on modern chemical science as a whole. Living cells are full of molecules in motion, communication, co-operation, and competition; applied to synthetic molecular systems they could prove a starting point for the creative reinvention of chemistry.

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Stories of the Invisible by Philip Ball

What are things made of? "Everything is composed of small mollycules of itself, and they are flying around in concentric circles and arcs and segments," explains Sergeant Fottrell in Flann O'Brien's "The Dalkey Archive". Philip Ball shows that the world of the molecule is indeed a dynamic place. Using the chemistry of life as a springboard, he provides a new perspective on modern chemical science as a whole. Living cells are full of molecules in motion, communication, co-operation, and competition. Molecular scientists are now starting to capture the same dynamism in synthetic molecular systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the 21st century.

Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He is a regular commentator in the scientific and popular media on science and its interactions with art, history and culture. His ten books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He was awarded the 2006 James T. Grady - James H. Stack award by the American Chemical Society for interpreting chemistry for the public. Philip studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol. His latest book The Music Instinct published in February 2010.
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ISBN 13 9780192802149
ISBN 10 0192802143
Title Stories of the Invisible
Author Philip Ball
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Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2001-10-01
Number of pages 220
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