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How long does it take to read Mathematics and the Imagination?

Edward Kasner, James Roy Newman

Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner, James Roy Newman takes about 6 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 58 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1940. 380 pages, about 104,500 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 37 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 58 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 21 minutes

The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Introduces simple arithmetic, calculus, and non-Euclidean geometry through games and puzzles.

Subjects: Mathematical recreations, Mathématiques, Mathematics, Wiskunde, Jeux mathématiques, Mathematics, philosophy

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