Release Date:- 2024-09-10
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Kind:- ebook
Open a new portal into Shakespeareās wordsāand his Renaissance lifeāwith math and numbers as your key.
Shakespeareās era was abuzz with mathematical progress, from the new concept of āzeroā to Galileoās redraft of the heavens. Now, Rob Eastaway uncovers the many surprising ways math shaped Shakespeareās playsāand his worldātouring 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?
Do Jupiterās moons have a cameo in Cymbeline?
How did ordinary people use numbers day to day?
And might Shakespeare have tried that game-changing inventionāthe pencil?
Full of delights for devotees of both Tudor history and the Bard, Much Ado About Numbers is proof that the arts and sciences have always danced together.