About the Author

Philip Ball studied chemistry at Oxford and received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Bristol. He has worked for ten years as an editor at Nature magazine. He is the author of Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry for the 21st Century (1994), Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century (1997), and The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature.

Reviews

"Ball's in-depth 'biography' is an engaging look at the chemical composition of H20, its ecology, our perception of water historically, and the mythology surrounding the substance."--"Science News