Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour - Softcover
A timely reissue of a brilliant exploration of the science of art and of colour
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Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for the world’s leading science journal Nature. He is a regular commentator on the interactions between science, art, history and culture. His previous books include Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour, H2O: A Biography of Water and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
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"Brilliant...in every sense. Ball's book is the volume that has been missing from my library" * Guardian * "Brings the mysterious subject of colour wonderfully alive. Quite literally an eye-opener" * Economist * "A succinct and elegantly structured new survey of Western painting. Ball pitches his learning just right between academic history and a highly readable series of anecdotes and biographical sketches" * Daily Mail * "Full of fascinating vignettes. Philip Ball writes engagingly on complicated topics" * Sunday Telegraph * "Scattered with attractive particles, sparkles with redolent names... A solid, well-researched compendium of information" * TLS *
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0099507137
- ISBN 13 9780099507130
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- Number of pages448
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