“A ruler who failed to manage China’s waters didn’t just risk social decay. He exposed himself to the charge that heaven itself… — Philip Ball Lost confidence Copy Share Image
What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are… — Philip Ball Able Copy Share Image
“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it… — Philip Ball 2006 Copy Share Image
“water is so protean a medium that it can be made to fit any purpose.” — Philip Ball Water Copy Share Image
“Guan Zhong explains (as the fourth-century-BC Guanzi attests) that management of water is the key to maintaining social order. There are ‘five… — Philip Ball Filial piety Copy Share Image
“regimes of the twentieth century depended not just on repression and control of the populace but on the active construction of national… — Philip Ball Character Copy Share Image
