How long does it take to read The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions?
The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions by Martin Gardner takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1959. 164 pages, about 45,100 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Paradoxes and paperfolding, moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, brain-teasers, magic squares, topological curiosities, probability and parlor tricks, and a variety of ancient and new games and problems, from polyominoes, nim, hex and the Tower of Hanoi to four-dimensional ticktacktoe. Together with mathematical commentaries by Mr. Gardner and addenda from readers of Scientific American. Plus bibliographies and, of course, solutions.
Subjects: Mathematical recreations, Games of strategy (mathematics), Puzzles, Jeux et récréations mathématiques, Unterhaltungsmathematik, Matematiska lekar
