It takes the average reader 11 hours and 8 minutes to read Machine Dreams by Philip Mirowski
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This is the first cross-over book into the history of science written by an historian of economics. It shows how 'history of technology' can be integrated with the history of economic ideas. The analysis combines Cold War history with the history of postwar economics in America and later elsewhere, revealing that the Pax Americana had much to do with abstruse and formal doctrines such as linear programming and game theory. It links the literature on 'cyborg' to economics, an element missing in literature to date. The treatment further calls into question the idea that economics has been...
Machine Dreams by Philip Mirowski is 655 pages long, and a total of 167,025 words.
This makes it 221% the length of the average book. It also has 204% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 12 minutes to read Machine Dreams aloud.
Machine Dreams is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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