It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony by Lewis Thomas
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today’s world. Luminous, witty, and provocative, the essays address such topics as “The Attic of the Brain,” “Falsity and Failure,” “Altruism,” and the effects the federal government’s virtual abandonment of support for basic scientific research will have on medicine and science. Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that the brainpower and money spent on this endeavor are needed much more urgently for the basic...
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony by Lewis Thomas is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.
This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony aloud.
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony is suitable for students ages 10 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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