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Philip Ball, like Levi, displays a polymath’s enthusiasm for knowledge of all kinds, and writes of science with humility and intelligent generosity. -- Ian Thomson * Telegraph * Ball's fascinating book revels not just in the experiments of these early scientists, but also in their humanity, foibles and passions -- Ian Critchley * Sunday Times * A wonderfully nuanced and wise study of the scientific revolution * Guardian * Fascinating * Daily Telegraph * Philip Ball’s scintillating history of curiosity brims with treats * Nature Magazine *

Philip Ball, like Levi, displays a polymath's enthusiasm for knowledge of all kinds, and writes of science with humility and intelligent generosity. -- Ian Thomson Telegraph Ball's fascinating book revels not just in the experiments of these early scientists, but also in their humanity, foibles and passions -- Ian Critchley Sunday Times A wonderfully nuanced and wise study of the scientific revolution Guardian Fascinating Daily Telegraph Philip Ball's scintillating history of curiosity brims with treats Nature Magazine

Philip Ball, like Levi, displays a polymath's enthusiasm for knowledge of all kinds, and writes of science with humility and intelligent generosity. -- Ian Thomson Telegraph Ball's fascinating book revels not just in the experiments of these early scientists, but also in their humanity, foibles and passions -- Ian Critchley Sunday Times

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Philip Ball writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and worked for many years as an editor for physical sciences at Nature. His books cover a wide range of scientific and cultural phenomena, and include Critical Mass- How One Thing Leads To Another (winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books), The Music Instinct, Curiosity- How Science Became Interested in Everything, Serving The Reich- The Struggle for the Soul of Science Under Hitler and Invisible- The history of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics.

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