How long does it take to read Success Through Failure?
the paradox of design
Success Through Failure by Henry Petroski takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.
Subjects: Case studies, Engineering design, System failures (Engineering), Conception technique, Etudes de Cas, Pannes
