It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo by Meredith K. Ray
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This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women’s place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries....
Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo by Meredith K. Ray is 98 pages long, and a total of 25,284 words.
This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo aloud.
Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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