Elegant Solutions

Philip Ball is a writer and presenter. For over twenty years, he was an editor at the magazine. NatureHe regularly writes articles about science for the press and is the author of many books on the interactions between science, the arts, and culture in general, including H2O: A Biography of Water, Bright Earth: The Invention of Color, The Music Instinct and How Life WorksYour book Critical Mass won the Prize Aventis for Science Books (2005). In 2022, he was awarded the Medal Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar from the Royal Society which rewards contributions made to the history, philosophy, or social role of science. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and in Physics from the University of Bristol.
The book Three Big Questions — (All) Science in just three questionsThis book, published by Planeta Tangerina, stemmed from his experience as an educator and father of two daughters, which compelled him to think about the most concise way possible to convey the essence of what science is. Much of science is not about getting the right answers, but about asking the right questions. Philip concludes that if children and young people can understand the three big questions in this book, they will have an idea of ​​what it means to think constructively about most of the science content they encounter in school curricula, and also in their lives.