How long does it take to read A History of Mathematics?
Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach
A History of Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach takes about 13 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1968. 717 pages, about 197,175 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Develops world contributions to mathematics, from the inception of numbers and geometry to modern probability and Bourbaki's mathematics.
Subjects: Mathematics, History, Mathematics, history, Mathématiques, Histoire, Wiskunde
