How Long to Read On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light
By Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
How Long Does it Take to Read On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light?
It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light by Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Description
1997 - the centennial year of the electron - provides a good occasion to publish the first English translation ever made of H.A. Lorentz's doctoral dissertation of 1875. Just 22 years old, Lorentz took up and handled magisterially one major unresolved problem of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory, the reflection and refraction of light. By then the superiority of Maxwell's electromagnetic ether theory over current elastic solid conceptions such as Fresnel's was not nearly a settled issue. In his dissertation, Lorentz strove with considerable success to make it that. Still, he found that neither theory allowed for a satisfactory account of dispersion. One intriguing aspect of Lorentz's earliest scientific achievement (which within two years was to earn him the chair of theoretical physics at Leyden University) is that a range of subjects soon to occupy him for the rest of his life are already clearly foreshadowed in it. So far, Lorentz's first step in science has existed only in the original Dutch, and in a French translation made long ago as part of the Collected Works. Here, the joint translators have striven to provide a fluently readable, full text while preserving the flavor of Lorentz' original language and style.
How long is On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light?
On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light by Hendrik Antoon Lorentz is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read On the Theory of the Reflection and Refraction of Light aloud.
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