05 : An Interview with Philip Ball on his new book: Invisible

An Interview with Philip Ball on his new book: Invisible

Join us in this exclusive Interview with Philip Ball

Join us this Interview with Philip Ball on the EATT Magazine podcast

with Philip sharing his thoughts on his new book

Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen.

Philip also shares some of his research into his next book he is currently working on and the window he is using capture the philosophy and engineering of this exciting project.

In this Interview with Philip Ball

Whom is a science writer and was formerly an editor at Nature. He has contributed to publications ranging from New Scientist to the New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times and New Statesman. He is the author of many books on science and its interactions with the wider culture; the latest is Invisible:

During this interview with Philip Ball

Philip shares how Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture.

Invisible by Philip Ball in EATT Magazine — Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen

Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen

Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture. This territory takes us from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to early cinematography, and from beliefs about ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy. We need to attend to many voices: to Plato and Shakespeare, to James Clerk Maxwell and Victorian music-hall magicians. We will discover new worlds: some of them already known, some sheer fantasy, others whose existence has been asserted but is yet to be proved.

Invisible Ghost Image Philip Ball EATT Magazine — Invisible Ghost Image

After the invention of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, “ghost photographs” made by double exposure (accidental or intentional…) became popular.

Invisible Philip Ball EATT Magazine

Chinese artist Liu Bolin, dubbed the “invisible man”, is painted by assistants to blend in with his surroundings, offering a comment on the anonymity and depersonalization of consumer culture.
Credit : Klein Sun Gallery, New York. © Liu Bolin.

More details Philip’s work can be found here Philip ball

Invisible Tower infinity Philip Ball EATT Magazine — Invisible Tower infinity

Tower Infinity, designed by the American company GDS Architects for construction in South Korea, will use banks of light-emitting diodes and cameras to merge with the background in a sophisticated form of camouflage.

Credit : GDS Architects.

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The Carlton Connect Initiative at the University of Melbourne presents the 4th DICE: Dialogues on Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship lecture.

The Carlton Connect Initiative at the University of Melbourne presents the 4th DICE – Dialogues on Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship lecture, with science writer, broadcaster and lecturer Philip Ball.

Humans have always been curious about what can be seen or not seen. From Plato, Shakespeare, James Clerk Maxwell and the magicians of the Victorian music hall through to invisibility cloaks and stealth jets – the stories, myths and realities are rich.

Join Philip Ball as he takes us through the colourful cultural history of invisibility- from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, camouflage to early cinematography, and beliefs about ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy and now virtual reality.

Philip Ball’s latest book: The Water Kingdom looks into the great vision and journey through China’s past and present day, offering an insight into the overwhelming complex nature of energy of the country and its people.

Exploring the relationship that the Chinese people have had with water, its nature and the engineering works within its dynamic place from the Han emperors to Mao.

The Water Kingdom by Philip Ball