Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and Times - Softcover

Eastaway, Rob

 
9798893031256: Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and Times
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798893031256
Verlag: Experiment Llc, 2026

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Shakespeare’s era was abuzz with mathematical progress, from the new concept of “zero” to Galileo’s redraft of the heavens. Now, Rob Eastaway uncovers the many surprising ways math shaped Shakespeare’s plays—and his world—touring astronomy, code-breaking, color theory, navigation, music, sports, and more.How reliable was a pocket sundial?Was math illusionist John Dee the real-life Prospero?How long was a Scottish mile, and what could you buy for a groat?CymbelineHow did ordinary people use numbers day to day?And might Shakespeare have tried that game-changing invention—the pencil?Much Ado About Numbers

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Verlag
Experiment Llc
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 13 
9798893031256
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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