How Long to Read A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century by Olivier Darrigol

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

Description

This book is a long-term history of optics, from early Greek theories of vision to the nineteenth-century victory of the wave theory of light. It shows how light gradually became the central entity of a domain of physics that no longer referred to the functioning of the eye; it retraces the subsequent competition between medium-based and corpuscular concepts of light; and it details the nineteenth-century flourishing of mechanical ether theories. The author critically exploits and sometimes completes the more specialized histories that have flourished in the past few years. The resulting...

How long is A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century?

A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century by Olivier Darrigol is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century aloud.

What Reading Level is A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century?

A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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