![]() ![]() Thinkers like Italian mathematician Fibonacci, who lived in the 13th century, helped to introduce the concept of zero – known then as a “cipher” – into the mainstream. In fact, the first recorded English use of the word “zero” wasn’t until 1598. But they were much less used to the inverse idea that the very small (and even nothingness) could be expressed by mathematical axioms. People in Shakespeare’s time were used to the idea of the infinite: the planets, the heavens, the weather. Part of the role of the theatre was to process the cultural implications of all these changes. He lived and wrote in the late 16th century, when new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. ![]() Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare’s most memorable scenes. ![]()
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