How Long to Read The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition

How Long Does it Take to Read The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition by Arnold Pacey

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

Description

From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane form of future technological development. The second edition of The Maze of Ingenuity concentrates on Europe and North America and incorporates recent insights from the history and sociology of technology. A new series of chapters extends Pacey's discussion of the role of ideas and ideals in technology in the period since the industrial revolution. Contents The Cathedral Builders: European Technical Achievement between 1100 and 1280 • A Century of Invention: 1250-1350 • Mathematics and the Arts: 1450-1600 • The Practical Arts and the Scientific Revolution • Social Ideals in Technical Change: German Miners and English Puritans, 1450-1650 • The State and Technical Progress: 1660-1770 • Technology in the Industrial Revolution • Conflicting Ideals in Engineering: America and Britain, 1790-1870 • Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820-1920 • Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century Technology

How long is The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition?

The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition by Arnold Pacey is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition aloud.

What Reading Level is The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition?

The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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