How long does it take to read A New Kind of Science?
A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram takes about 21 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 57 minutes
A long haul
First published 2002. 1,197 pages, about 329,175 words.
44 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 36 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fundamental problems in science: from the origin of the Second Law of thermodynamics, to the development of complexity in biology, the computational limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, and the interplay between free will and determinism.
Subjects: Computational complexity, Computational Biology, Automate cellulaire, Science, Biological Models, Theoretical Models
