How Long to Read Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks

How Long Does it Take to Read Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks by John L. Heilbron

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How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? John Heilbron's fascinating history of physics introduces us to Islamic astronomers and mathematicians, calculating the size of the earth whilst their caliphs conquered much of it; to medieval scholar-theologians investigating light; to Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton, measuring, and trying to explain, the universe. We visit the 'House of Wisdom' in 9th-century Baghdad; Europe's first universities; the courts of the Renaissance; the Scientific Revolution and the academies of the 18th century; the increasingly specialised world of 20th and 21st century science. Highlighting the shifting relationship between physics, philosophy, mathematics, and technology — and the implications for humankind's self-understanding — Heilbron explores the changing place and purpose of physics in the cultures and societies that have nurtured it over the centuries.

How long is Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks?

Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks by John L. Heilbron is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks aloud.

What Reading Level is Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks?

Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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