How long does it take to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus?
a calculus course companion
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus by Michael Spivak takes about 2 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 14 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 122 pages, about 33,550 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Calculus
