How Long to Read Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve

How Long Does it Take to Read Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve by A.H. Batten

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Description

My interest in the history of the Struve family is long-standing but lay dormant until 1972, when I found myself organizing a symposium of the International Astronomical Union in memory of the second Otto Struve. To satisfy my own curiosity, I investigated the precise relationships of the famous astronomers in the family and published an account of them, based mainly on secondary sources. The exercise made me a ware that there was no biography in English of the first and probably still the greatest astronomer in the clan - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve. Wilhelm's son, the first Otto, wrote an account (in German) of his father's life, intended primarily for family and close friends and --though printed-- not generally available. Through the kindness of a family member I have a copy from which I have been able to work. The Soviet historian of science, Z. K. Sokolovskaya, wrote a biography in Russian, in 1964, to mark the centenary of Wilhelm's death. This had a limited edition, and my efforts to obtain a copy failed. Neither work has, in its entirety, been translated into English, although Michael Meo of Oakland, California, and Kevin Krisciunas of Hilo, Hawaii, have kindly made available to me their unpublished translations of some sections of the latter. In the of a complete copy, however, when I decided to attempt an English absence language biography, I thought it best to do so independently of Sokolovskaya's.

How long is Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve?

Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve by A.H. Batten is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve aloud.

What Reading Level is Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve?

Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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