Universe would die before monkey with keyboard writes Shakespeare, study finds

Australian mathematicians call into question the infinite monkey theorem' in new research on old adage

Mathematicians have called into question the old adage that a monkey typing randomly at a keyboard for long enough would eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare.

Two Australian mathematicians have deemed it misleading, working out that even if all the chimpanzees in the world were given the entire lifespan of the universe, they would almost certainly" never pen the works of the bard.