It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read Useless Arithmetic by Orrin H. Pilkey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Orrin Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of experienced scientific fieldwork. They begin with the extinction of the North Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Canada, and then they discuss the limitations of many models across a broad array of crucial environmental subjects. Case studies depict how the seductiveness of quantitative models has led to unmanageable nuclear waste disposal...
Useless Arithmetic by Orrin H. Pilkey is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Useless Arithmetic aloud.
Useless Arithmetic is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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