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Much Ado About Numbers
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In this fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare, find out how Tudors multiplied, why Shakespeare never ended a line with the word Orange, why King Lear was every inch a king, and why early drafts of the plays could possibly have been written with...
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Benjamin Franklin once declared there are only two certainties in life - 'death and taxes'. For most people in the UK and many other countries, there are similarly two unavoidable topics at school: Shakespeare and maths. But in what ways do the two overlap? What was the maths in and around Shakespeare's life and work?
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In this fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare, find out how Tudors multiplied, why Shakespeare never ended a line with the word Orange, why King Lear was every inch a king, and why early drafts of the plays could possibly have been written with a pencil.
Shakespeare's world was one in which one might expect to travel no more than a league in an hour, and fathoms and furlongs were as much a part of the language as feet and yards. It was hard to conceive of anything shorter than a minute and the rainbow probably had just five colours.
With historical asides about games, optics, astronomy and music thrown in, you might never think about maths or Shakespeare the same way again.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805460299
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Rob Eastaway is an author, speaker and mathematician whose books include the bestselling Maths on The Back of An Envelope and Why Do Buses Come In Threes?. He is regularly to be heard on BBC Radio talking about the maths of everyday life, and has appeared numerous times on the popular programme More Or Less. He has given talks across the world for almost every age group, at venues ranging from The Royal Institution in London to the Mercantile Bar in Dublin. Like everyone else, he had to study Shakespeare at school, but it took a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon to revive his interest.
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