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Much Ado About Numbers - Softcover

Eastaway, Rob

 
9781805460299: Much Ado About Numbers
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1805460293 ISBN 13: 9781805460299
Verlag: Atlantic Books, 2025

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'A spectacular journey... Highly recommended!' Dr Simon Smith, The Shakespeare Institute

'A fascinating and hugely entertaining guide to Shakespearean mathematics.' Prof Sarah Hart, author of Once Upon A Prime

'The Bard by Numbers, brilliantly accounted for by Rob Eastaway.' Johnny Ball

What's the connection between Shakespeare and maths? A lot, as it turns out!

- Why was it hazardous to play with dice?
- How did audiences get to the theatre on time?
- Why was 'nothing' so significant to the Tudors?
- What could Falstaff buy with a groat?
- Were cryptic messages hidden in the First Folio?
- And why did Shakespeare never end a line with the word orange?

Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable mathematical innovation. From astronomy to probability, new mathematical ideas were taking off. In this highly engaging book, Rob Eastaway uncovers the many surprising ways that maths and numbers shaped Shakespeare's plays.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rob Eastaway has written or co-written twelve books, including the bestselling Why Do Buses Come in Threes? and Maths for Mums and Dads as well as What Is a Googly?, the acclaimed beginner's guide to cricket. He is the Director of Maths Inspiration, a national programme of theatre-based lecture shows for 15-17 year olds that has reached over 150,000 teenagers since it began in 2004.
Rob regularly gives talks to all age groups in primary and secondary schools, appears on BBC Radio 4's current affairs/ numbers programme More or Less, and works closely with National Numeracy, the national charity that campaigns for better adult numeracy.
In 2017, Rob received the Zeeman medal for excellence in communication of maths to the general public.

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Verlag
Atlantic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1805460293
ISBN 13 
9781805460299
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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