How Long to Read Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology

How Long Does it Take to Read Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology by Sara Schechner

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Description

In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as "vulgar superstitions" by the elite before the end of the century,...

How long is Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology?

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology by Sara Schechner is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology aloud.

What Reading Level is Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology?

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology 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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