The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

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He was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1993 to 1996. science" in London for suggesting that climate change is not anthropogenic. In 2012 the 74 year old Ball was announced as one of the 14 celebrities who would take part in the Strictly Come Dancing TV show.

Johnny Ball (born 23 May 1938) is a British television personality a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball.