How Long to Read Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories

How Long Does it Take to Read Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories by Nancy Nersessian

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Description

Einstein often expressed the sentiment that "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility," and that science is the means through which we comprehend it. However, nearly every one - including scientists - agrees that the concepts of modem physics are quite incomprehensible: They are both unintelligible to the educated lay-person and to the scientific community itself, where there is much dispute over the interpretation of even (and especially) the most basic concepts. There is, of course, almost universal agreement that modem science quite adequately accounts for and predicts events, i. e. , that its calculations work better than those of classical physics; yet the concepts of science are supposed to be descriptive of 'the world' as well - they should enable us to comprehend it. So, it is asked, and needs tobe"asked: Has modem physics failed in an important respect? It failed with me as a physics student. I came to physics, as with most naIve students, out of a desire to know what the world is really like; in particular, to understand Einstein's conception of it. I thought I had grasped the concepts in classical mechanics, but with electrodynamics confusion set in and only increased with relativity and quantum mechanics. At that point I began even to doubt whether I had really understood the basic concepts of classical mechanics.

How long is Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories?

Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories by Nancy Nersessian is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories aloud.

What Reading Level is Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories?

Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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