How long does it take to read When Technology Fails?
Neil Schlager
When Technology Fails by Neil Schlager takes about 12 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1994. 659 pages, about 181,225 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Discusses aircraft, airships, automobiles, bridges, buildings and other structures, chemical and environmental disasters, dams, medical disasters, nuclear plants, ships, spacecraft, and submarine disasters.
Subjects: Case studies, Disasters, System failures (Engineering), Accidents, Challenger (Spacecraft)
