How long does it take to read Where Mathematics Comes From?
How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being
Where Mathematics Comes From by George Lakoff takes about 9 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2000. 493 pages, about 135,575 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"This book is about mathematical ideas, about what mathematics means - and why. It is concerned not just with which theorems are true, but with what theorems mean and why they are true by virtue of what they mean. And it provides an answer to one of the deepest problems of the philosophy of mathematics: how a being with a finite brain and mind can comprehend infinity."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Number concept, Philosophy, Psychological aspects, Mathematics, Psychological aspects of Mathematics, Mathematics, philosophy
