How Long to Read Peter Lax, Mathematician

How Long Does it Take to Read Peter Lax, Mathematician?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Peter Lax, Mathematician by Reuben Hersh

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

Description

This book is a biography of one of the most famous and influential living mathematicians, Peter Lax. He is virtually unique as a preeminent leader in both pure and applied mathematics, fields which are often seen as competing and incompatible. Although he has been an academic for all of his adult life, his biography is not without drama and tragedy. Lax and his family barely escaped to the U.S. from Budapest before the Holocaust descended. He was one of the youngest scientists to work on the Manhattan Project. He played a leading role in coping with the infamous "kidnapping" of the NYU mathematics department's computer, in 1970. The list of topics in which Lax made fundamental and long-lasting contributions is remarkable: scattering theory, solitons, shock waves, and even classical analysis, to name a few. His work has been honored many times, including the Abel Prize in 2005. The book concludes with an account of his most important mathematical contributions, made accessible without heavy prerequisites. Reuben Hersh has written extensively on mathematics. His book with Philip Davis, The Mathematical Experience, won the National Book Award in science. Hersh is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico.

How long is Peter Lax, Mathematician?

Peter Lax, Mathematician by Reuben Hersh is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Peter Lax, Mathematician Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read Peter Lax, Mathematician aloud.

What Reading Level is Peter Lax, Mathematician?

Peter Lax, Mathematician is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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