How Long to Read The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life

How Long Does it Take to Read The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life by I. Bernard Cohen

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Description

From the pyramids to mortality tables, Galileo to Florence Nightingale, a vibrant history of numbers and the birth of statistics. The great historian of science I. B. Cohen explores how numbers have come to assume a leading role in science, in the operations and structure of government, in marketing, and in many other aspects of daily life. Consulting and collecting numbers has been a feature of human affairs since antiquity—taxes, head counts for military service—but not until the Scientific Revolution in the twelfth century did social numbers such as births, deaths, and marriages begin to...

How long is The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life?

The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life by I. Bernard Cohen is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life aloud.

What Reading Level is The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life?

The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life 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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