How Long to Read The Copernicus of Antiquity

How Long Does it Take to Read The Copernicus of Antiquity?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 7 minutes to read The Copernicus of Antiquity by Thomas Heath

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

Description

Sir Thomas Heath has given us, under the title of "The Copernicus of Antiquity," an account of Aristarchus of Samos following a survey of the earlier Greek astronomers. With the Greeks astronomy and geometry advanced pari passu during a period of three centuries, until by the time of Aristarchus in the third century, B.C, there was large knowledge of the elements (plane and solid) of geometry, of conic sections, and of measurements of "areas of curves and the surfaces and volumes of curved surfaces by geometrical methods practically anticipating the integral calculus." The movement in astronomical knowledge was not less remarkable from the days of Thales of Miletus in the sixth century. Anaxagoras showed that the moonlight is sunlight, Pythagoras announced the sphericity of the earth, Oenopides of Chios proved the obliquity of the elliptic, while Aristarchus put forward, as Copernicus himself admits, the heliocentric hypothesis. This little book might well be used in schools as a step towards making clear the largeness of Greek humanism. --The Contemporary Review, Volume 120

How long is The Copernicus of Antiquity?

The Copernicus of Antiquity by Thomas Heath is 66 pages long, and a total of 16,896 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Copernicus of Antiquity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 32 minutes to read The Copernicus of Antiquity aloud.

What Reading Level is The Copernicus of Antiquity?

The Copernicus of Antiquity is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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