It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist by Russell McCormmach
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It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips, it is the end of a way of thinking in his own subject. Younger men have challenged the classical world picture of physics and are looking forward to observational tests of Einstein's new theory of relativity as well as the creation of a quantum mechanics of the atom. It is a time of both apprehension and hope. In this remarkable book, the reader literally inhabits the mind of a scientist while Professor Jakob meditates on the...
Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist by Russell McCormmach is 217 pages long, and a total of 55,769 words.
This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 4 minutes to read Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist aloud.
Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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