A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus 3 times the square root of 4
Divided by 7
Plus 5 times 11
Is 9 squared
And not a bit more.
This ingeniously composed equation and the accompanying verse is quoted in Gyles Brandreth’s 2015 book ‘Word Play’ (Coronet Books – Hodder and Stoughton), as a composition by the playwright, Tom Stoppard.
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