Johnny Ball
Johnny Ball
Johnny Ballis an English television personality, a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth23 May 1938
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The greatest invention of all time is the grid system created by Frenchman Rene Descartes. For a fellow who stayed in bed until lunchtime all his life, Rene didn't do too badly.
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There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind.
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Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers
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Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.
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If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!