How Long to Read Beyond the Hoax

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond the Hoax?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 54 minutes to read Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal

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

Description

In 1996, Alan Sokal, a Professor of Physics at New York University, wrote a paper for the cultural-studies journal Social Text, entitled 'Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity'. It was reviewed, accepted and published. Sokal immediately confessed that the whole article was a hoax - a cunningly worded paper designed to expose and parody the style of extreme postmodernist criticism of science. The story became front-page news around the world and triggered fierce and wide-ranging controversy. Sokal is one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debate about the status of evidence-based knowledge. In Beyond the Hoax he turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. 'Whether my targets are the postmodernists of the left, the fundamentalists of the right, or the muddle-headed of all political and apolitical stripes, the bottom line is that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century.' The book also includes a hugely illuminating annotated text of the Hoax itself, and a reflection on the furore it provoked.

How long is Beyond the Hoax?

Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal is 771 pages long, and a total of 193,521 words.

This makes it 260% the length of the average book. It also has 237% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond the Hoax Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 37 minutes to read Beyond the Hoax aloud.

What Reading Level is Beyond the Hoax?

Beyond the Hoax is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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