Johnny Ball – Icon’s newest author!

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We’re extremely excited to announce today the acquisition of a new book by TV maths legend Johnny Ball. Entitled Ball of Confusion, the book springs from Johnny’s slot of the same name on his daughter Zoe’s Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show, and will be published in early October.

It’s a maths puzzle book which sets (and then of course answers!) brain-twisting problems and posers, interspersed with Johnny’s trademark wit and dazzling knowledge of all things mathematical. The book will feature a Foreword by Zoe.

The Bookseller, the publishing trade magazine whose story about it is here, quote Simon Flynn, Icon’s MD in saying:

‘We’re absolutely delighted to have secured this book – we’ve all been massive fans of Johnny’s since his incredibly influential BBC TV series in the ’80s. As always, Johnny brings his wonderfully infectious enthusiasm to presenting and explaining the huge variety of puzzles that he has featured on Zoe’s Radio 2 show. Indeed, there are puzzles to be solved in the twinkling of an eye, and puzzles that will furrow the thinking brow for hours.’

There’s more about the book here and our press release is here.