How Long to Read The Clocks Are Telling Lies

How Long Does it Take to Read The Clocks Are Telling Lies?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Clocks Are Telling Lies by Scott Alan Johnston

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

Description

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal...

How long is The Clocks Are Telling Lies?

The Clocks Are Telling Lies by Scott Alan Johnston is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Clocks Are Telling Lies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Clocks Are Telling Lies aloud.

What Reading Level is The Clocks Are Telling Lies?

The Clocks Are Telling Lies 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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