Philip Ball

Philip Ball is a freelance science writer and author of numerous books on a wide range of science-related subjects, including The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science and The Music Instinct:How Music Works, and Why We Can't Do Without It. He worked previously at Nature magazine for over 20 years. His new book Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People will be published in March 2011 by Random House. Visit Philip Ball's website.