How long does it take to read A History of Mathematics?
Victor J. Katz
A History of Mathematics by Victor J. Katz takes about 14 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1973. 786 pages, about 216,150 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Grammar, Mathematics, History, Mathematics, history
