How Long to Read Charles Babbage

How Long Does it Take to Read Charles Babbage?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read Charles Babbage by Anthony Hyman

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

Description

This book discusses the career of Charles Babbage (1791-1871), British advocate of the systematic use of science in industry and creator of machines that were precursors of the modern computer. Babbage used his immense personal charm and vitality in an attempt to change the thinking of contemporary industrialists who had little use for the higher reaches of science. Shifting his own energies from pure mathematics, he planned engines that would "calculate by steam": the Difference Engines, designed to compute tables according to the method of finite differences, and the more complex Analytical Engines, forerunners of the modern computer. Almost forgotten and then rediscovered in the middle of the twentieth century, the Analytical Engines are among the great intellectual achievements of humankind. This biography of their polymathic inventor gives a convincing account of his tragic personal life and his important place in the history of science.

How long is Charles Babbage?

Charles Babbage by Anthony Hyman is 348 pages long, and a total of 89,784 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Charles Babbage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 10 minutes to read Charles Babbage aloud.

What Reading Level is Charles Babbage?

Charles Babbage 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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