How Long to Read Parallax

How Long Does it Take to Read Parallax?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Parallax by Alan W. Hirshfeld

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

Description

In the dramatic tradition of the best-selling Longitude, Parallax charts the historical path of observational astronomy's most daunting challenge: measuring the distance to a star. The greatest scientific minds applied themselves in vain to the problem across the millennia, beginning with the ancient Greeks. Not until the nineteenth century would three astronomers, armed with the best telescopes of the age, race to conquer this astronomical Everest—their contest ending in a virtual dead heat. Against a sweeping backdrop filled with kidnappings, dramatic rescue, swordplay, madness, and bitter...

How long is Parallax?

Parallax by Alan W. Hirshfeld is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Parallax Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Parallax aloud.

What Reading Level is Parallax?

Parallax 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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