It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Ambitions of Curiosity by G. E. R. Lloyd
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In The Ambitions of Curiosity, G.E.R. Lloyd explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China, and Mesopotamia. It asks such questions as what factors stimulated or inhibited this development? Whose interests were served? Who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research, in such areas as historiography, natural philosophy, medical research, astronomy, technology in all those fields. How were each of those fields defined and developed in different ancient societies? How did truly innovative thinkers persuade their own...
The Ambitions of Curiosity by G. E. R. Lloyd is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.
This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read The Ambitions of Curiosity aloud.
The Ambitions of Curiosity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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