"Hawking Index" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Hawking Index [canonical]
Etymology: Invented by American mathematician Jordan Ellenberg in 2014, and named after English physicist Stephen Hawking, whose book A Brief History of Time has been called "the most unread book of all time". Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Hawking Index}} the Hawking Index
  1. A humorous measure of how far people will, on average, read through a particular book before giving up.
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