How Long to Read A History of the Modern Fact

By Mary Poovey

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of the Modern Fact?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 26 minutes to read A History of the Modern Fact by Mary Poovey

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How did the fact become modernity's most favored unit of knowledge? How did description come to seem separable from theory in the precursors of economics and the social sciences? Mary Poovey explores these questions in A History of the Modern Fact, ranging across an astonishing array of texts and ideas from the publication of the first British manual on double-entry bookkeeping in 1588 to the institutionalization of statistics in the 1830s. She shows how the production of systematic knowledge from descriptions of observed particulars influenced government, how numerical representation became...

How long is A History of the Modern Fact?

A History of the Modern Fact by Mary Poovey is 436 pages long, and a total of 111,616 words.

This makes it 147% the length of the average book. It also has 136% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of the Modern Fact Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 9 minutes to read A History of the Modern Fact aloud.

What Reading Level is A History of the Modern Fact?

A History of the Modern Fact is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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