How Long to Read Being Nuclear

How Long Does it Take to Read Being Nuclear?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Being Nuclear by Gabrielle Hecht

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

Description

The hidden history of African uranium and what it means—for a state, an object, an industry, a workplace—to be “nuclear.” Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2003, after the infamous “yellow cake from Niger,” Africa suddenly became notorious as a source of uranium, a component of nuclear weapons. But did that admit Niger, or any of Africa's other uranium-producing countries, to the select society of nuclear states? Does uranium itself count as a nuclear thing? In this book, Gabrielle Hecht lucidly probes the question of what it means for something—a state, an object, an industry, a workplace—to be “nuclear.” Hecht shows that questions about being nuclear—a state that she calls “nuclearity”—lie at the heart of today's global nuclear order and the relationships between “developing nations” (often former colonies) and “nuclear powers” (often former colonizers). Hecht enters African nuclear worlds, focusing on miners and the occupational hazard of radiation exposure. Could a mine be a nuclear workplace if (as in some South African mines) its radiation levels went undetected and unmeasured? With this book, Hecht is the first to put Africa in the nuclear world, and the nuclear world in Africa. By doing so, she remakes our understanding of the nuclear age.

How long is Being Nuclear?

Being Nuclear by Gabrielle Hecht is 475 pages long, and a total of 121,125 words.

This makes it 160% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Being Nuclear Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 1 minute to read Being Nuclear aloud.

What Reading Level is Being Nuclear?

Being Nuclear is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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