How Long to Read On the Shoulders of Giants

How Long Does it Take to Read On the Shoulders of Giants?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read On the Shoulders of Giants by Robert K. Merton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, "If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of knowledge, and the concept of progress. "This book is the delightful apotheosis of donmanship: Merton parodies scholarliness while being faultlessly scholarly; he scourges pedantry while brandishing his own abstruse learning on every page. The most recondite and obscure scholarly squabbles are transmuted into the material of comedy as the ostensible subject is shouldered to one side by yet another hobby horse from Merton's densely populated stable. He has created a jeu d'esprit which is profoundly suggestive both in detail and as a whole."—Sean French, Times Literary Supplement

How long is On the Shoulders of Giants?

On the Shoulders of Giants by Robert K. Merton is 348 pages long, and a total of 89,784 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read On the Shoulders of Giants Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 10 minutes to read On the Shoulders of Giants aloud.

What Reading Level is On the Shoulders of Giants?

On the Shoulders of Giants 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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