Rob Eastaway

Author, maths speaker, dad and cricket-lover. Director of A friend of BBC's More or Less.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

We often pigeonhole people as either a "maths" or "arts“ person, but in Shakespeare’s time this divide didn’t exist. I spoke with @FolgerLibrary about why looking at Shakespeare through the eyes of a mathematician can help us appreciate both disciplines. https://t.co/doCJCMv6Pf

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

@pgeerkens @histassoc Euclid would only have been a small part of the curriculum and it would have been a Latin version anyway. The arithmetic, music and astronomy would all have been from Latin texts. (I think!)

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

Imagine if numeracy were taught in history lessons.
So many great stories about how and why the Tudors switched from Roman to Indo Arabic numerals.
Here's the GCSE 'exam' that we circulated at the recent @histassoc conference:
https://t.co/6GTMZiJHpS

#NationalNumeracyDay

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

@pgeerkens @histassoc Good effort, probably worthy of an A. You got 4/6 of the multiple choice. Answer to Q3 (a) 12 Troy ounces (but 20 shillings in £, 12 inches in a FOOT); Q5 is (c) Latin. And 2 marks for Q7 🙂

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

@Bobby_Seagull @Nat_Numeracy @amieMathematics

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

Imagine if numeracy were taught in history lessons.
So many great stories about how and why the Tudors switched from Roman to Indo Arabic numerals.
Here's the GCSE 'exam' that we circulated at the recent @histassoc conference:
https://t.co/6GTMZiJHpS

#NationalNumeracyDay

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

Our quiz is a hypothetical exam paper for an imagined 'History of Maths' GCSE. The star prize for the highest mark is a twelve inch history ruler signed by the Rest Is History's co-host Tom Holland.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

I'm at the @histassoc conference in Gateshead this weekend, making the case for bringing History and Maths together. Our stall will have games, a pocket sundial, DIY astrolabes, a Tudor magic trick, a 16th Century world map and a quiz with cool prizes. And I'm giving a workshop.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

@AnnieChave The words 'goose' and 'golden egg' come to mind.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

What maths did Shakespeare learn at school? Listen here - our conversation starts about 03:40 in. https://t.co/lN8XNfZvZo

[The History of European Theatre Podcast @THOETP]

@robeastaway takes us through Shakespeare's playful use of numbers and how maths was becoming a useful tool in the early modern period in today's new podcast episode. It's out now. #theatre #podcast #maths #Shakespeare #theatrehistory

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

@taylorda01 I hope so

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

LIV Golf takes its name from the Roman numerals for 54. Originally LIV featured 54 golfers playing 54 holes.
Now, exactly 54 months after it was first announced, comes the news that it's probably going to fold.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

Very happy for Much Ado to be regarded as a history book. My dream is for it to be on the reading list for GCSE History (Elizabethan England) @histassoc

[Jack El-Hai @Jack_ElHai]

"The many surprising ways #math shaped #Shakespeare's plays."

Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @robeastaway!

Read/subscribe to Damn History: https://t.co/fue2o3nUz1

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

In July treat your Year 9s, 10s or 12s to an interactive Much Ado About Numbers show at:
- Shakespeare North (nr Liverpool)
- Alleyns Theatre (Dulwich).

Teacher: “I’ve never seen so many Y9 students engaged in Shakespeare AND Maths".

Details here: https://t.co/KoYn2BgU4O

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

In 1909, John Venn (the diagram guy) invented a machine that can bowl googlies.
Matt Parker and I tested out a replica built by engineers at Cambridge University.
https://t.co/idcaBEHLeH
@googlyfund @AnnieChave

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

Should you go first in a penalty shoot-out?
Which lane would you choose in a 400 metre final?
And should you work on your tennis serve?

Some myths debunked in my article for AB magazine.
https://t.co/0qUb186KW9

[The Googly Fund @googlyfund]

A daily thread on things we’ve funded recently in the run up to the start of a new season…
At @edinsouthcc our small grant will buy team gloves, pads and helmets so that youngsters don’t have to buy their own as they have a go at hardball cricket
https://t.co/3NUT0vKAMP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏏♥️

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

A fun coincidence: two of my books are coming out in new USA paperback editions this April, from different publishers.
Maybe I should write a book about tea to complete the set.

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

2B or not 2B?
Evidence that Shakespeare may have used a pencil, made from Lake District graphite.
Read more in Stationery News (where else?). #PencilDay @thersc
https://t.co/6jidTEALDA

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

"There were 500,000 protestors in London" said the organisers. "50,000" said the police.
Estimating crowd size is notoriously difficult, but a factor of ten difference is just ridiculous. https://t.co/5uLPxoJbZ3

[Rob Eastaway @robeastaway]

On 28th/29th March as part of national Shakespeare Week I'll be doing four public talks on 'The Maths of Shakespeare's London' at MathsWorld (near Tate Modern).
Details here: https://t.co/s2lv9wicX8