How Long to Read Remaking the World

How Long Does it Take to Read Remaking the World?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Remaking the World by Henry Petroski

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

Description

This collection of informative and pleasurable essays by Henry Petroski elucidates the role of engineers in shaping our environment in countless ways, big and small. In Remaking the World Petroski gravitates this time, perhaps, toward the big: the English Channel tunnel, the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, the QE2, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, now the tallest buildings in the world. He profiles Charles Steinmetz, the genius of the General Electric Company; Henry Martyn Robert, a military engineer who created Robert's Rules of Order; and James Nasmyth, the Scotsman whose machine tools...

How long is Remaking the World?

Remaking the World by Henry Petroski is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Remaking the World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Remaking the World aloud.

What Reading Level is Remaking the World?

Remaking the World 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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