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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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!