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Much ADO about Numbers Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and Times

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Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.04.2026

Seitenzahl

224

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/14/1,8 cm

Gewicht

227 g

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798893031256

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.04.2026

Seitenzahl

224

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/14/1,8 cm

Gewicht

227 g

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798893031256

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Much ADO about Numbers

  • Contents
    Prologue


    1. Shakespearean Numbers
      A Playfulness with Numbers
      Huge Numbers
      Much Ado About Nothing

    2. School Life
      Math at Grammar School
      The Book of Arithmetic
      The Seven Liberal Arts
      Girls and Math

    3. Sport and Games
      Anyone for Tennis? Or Football?
      Hazard and Risk
      Nine Men's Morris
      Noddy, Primero, and Other Card Games

    4. Money
      Shakespearean Currency
      Shakespeare the Accountant?
      Borrowing, Lending, and Interest

    5. Measure for Measure
      An Era of Imprecise Measurements
      Length and Distance
      Telling the Time
      Navigation and Maps

    6. Music, Rhythm, and Dance
      The Measure of Dance
      Patterns of Verse
      Rhyming Patterns
      Music as a Mathematical Subject
      The Music of the Spheres

    7. Astronomy and Astrology
      Telescopes and Horoscopes
      Ruled by the Seven Planets
      The Science of Astronomy
      The New Calendar

    8. Colors and the Rainbow
      Rainbows in Shakespeare's World
      Shakespeare's Colors
      The Emerging Math of Color
      Putting Ink to Paper
      Writing with a Quill
      Writing with Ink
      Arrival of the Pencil
      Printing and Publishing

    9. Mathematics, Magic, and Witchcraft
      John Dee, Mathematician and Magician
      The Book of Magic
      Think of a Number

    10. Codes and Conspiracy
      Secret Messages and Chronograms
      Acrostics and Other Hidden Words
      Numerology and Codes
      Shakespeare's Calculator

    Appendix: Mathematical Asides
    Tactics for Winning at Three Men's Morris
    The Pythagorean Octave and Dorian Mode
    Shakespeare, Orange, and Sir Isaac Newton
    Philip Henslowe's Diary
    Francis Bacon's Cipher System
    A Shakespeare/Historic Event Timeline
    Timeline of Shakespeare's Plays and Poems

    Bibliography
    Acknowledgments
    Picture Credits
    Index