Hawking Index

The Hawking Index (HI) is a mock mathematical measure on how far people will, on average, read through a book before giving up. It was invented by American mathematician Jordan Ellenberg, who created it in a blog for the Wall Street Journal in 2014.^[1] The index is named after English physicist Stephen Hawking, whose book A Brief History of Time has been dubbed "the most unread book of all time".^[2]

^ Ellenberg, Jordan (July 3, 2014). "The Summer's Most Unread Book Is…". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
^ Donk, Kelsey (December 9, 2019). "The Hawking Index Is a Mathematical Measure of When People Give Up on Books". Curiosity. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

[WSJ-1] Ellenberg, Jordan (July 3, 2014). "The Summer's Most Unread Book Is…". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

[Curiosity-2] Donk, Kelsey (December 9, 2019). "The Hawking Index Is a Mathematical Measure of When People Give Up on Books". Curiosity. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

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