Editing Johnny Ball (section)

==Other activities==
*Ball was the [[Rector of the University of Glasgow]] from 1993 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Johnny Ball |url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1068&type=P |website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
*In November 2006, Ball voiced his opposition to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, which would require any adult working with children to be [[Vetting|vetted]] by the [[Criminal Records Bureau]]. In an interview with ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'', he said: "It is like George Orwell's 1984... a quarter of adults will have to be checked... The fear we are instilling in [children] is abhorrent."<ref>[https://archive.today/20110604102734/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2437547.html "The 'toxic wall' around children"] – ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' interview, November 2006</ref>
*In 2007 it was reported that Ball [[Climate change denial|rejected]] the overwhelming [[scientific consensus on climate change]], stating that "carbon dioxide has been unfairly victimised in the debate." He supports the expansion of [[nuclear power]] and has given speeches arguing for its development.<ref>{{cite news|title=A climate of fear|work=Science & Technology|publisher=BBC Manchester|date=24 October 2007|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/10/24/241007_johnny_ball_feature.shtml|access-date=27 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny Ball Potted Biography|work=iTeach|date=November 2006|url=http://www.iteach.ac.uk/About/News/JohnnyBallBio/tabid/67/Default.aspx|access-date=27 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823115410/http://www.iteach.ac.uk/About/News/JohnnyBallBio/tabid/67/Default.aspx|archive-date=23 August 2007}}</ref> On 15 December 2009, he was booed off stage at a London show for his climate change denial.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/climatechange/6825502/Johnny-Ball-booed-by-atheists-over-climate-change-denial.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, UK|title=Johnny Ball booed by atheists over climate change denial|first=Billy|last=Kenber|date=16 December 2009|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>
*From 2020 to 2021 Ball appeared five times as a speaker on ''[[Numberphile]]'', a [[YouTube]] channel hosted by [[Brady Haran]]. In his episodes he spoke about "[[Russian multiplication]]",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian Multiplication – Numberphile|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_PP5rqLg0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HJ_PP5rqLg0 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2020|website=YouTube| date=4 February 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> "The [[Mesolabe Compass]] and [[Square root|Square Roots]]",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mesolabe Compass and Square Roots|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VVPBS_flOI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9VVPBS_flOI |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2020|website=YouTube| date=15 March 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> "[[Parabolas]] and [[Archimedes]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=Parabolas and Archimedes - Numberphile|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAcUZ3my6E0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GAcUZ3my6E0 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=26 May 2021|website=YouTube| date=23 May 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> "[[Sphere#Enclosed volume|The Volume of a Sphere]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=The Volume of a Sphere - Numberphile|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IZh-KIAQLE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2IZh-KIAQLE |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=20 June 2021|website=YouTube| date=20 June 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and "[[Lune of Hippocrates|Area of the Q]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2021 |title=Area of the Q |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO2yMdU0Rq4 |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=YouTube}}</ref>