How long does it take to read Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning?
Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning by G. Pólya takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 280 pages, about 77,000 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One of the best books to read about math and math education
Subjects: Symbolic and mathematical Logic, Philosophy, Mathematics, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical, Logique symbolique et mathématique, Mathématiques