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Johnny Ball Quotes
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!
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| Birth: | 23rd May, 1938 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Television Presenter |
About
Johnny Ball was born in Bristol, England. He is an English television presenter, a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball. He studied at Bolton County Grammar School. He then signed on for three years in the Royal Air Force, worked as a Butlin's Redcoat, and was an entertainer in northern clubs and cabaret. He was a regular fixture on children's television in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, presenting several series of popular science and technology programmes intended for children, including Think of a Number, Think Again, and Think Backwards. He was also one of the hosts of infant education programme Play School beginning in 1967 and continuing throughout the 1970s and beyond.
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