How long does it take to read Alan Turing?
The Enigma
Andrew Hodges
Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges takes about 10 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 51 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 592 pages, about 162,800 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Mathematicians, Biography, Biographies, Mathématiciens, Cryptography, Mathematicians, biography