It takes the average reader 9 hours and 46 minutes to read The Invention that Changed the World by Robert Buderi
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In 1940 a team of British Scientists arrived in Washington, bearing Britain s most closely guarded technological secrets, including the cavity magnetron, a revolutionary new source of microwave energy. Its arrival triggered the most dramatic mobilisation of science in history, as America s to scientists enlisted to convert the invention into a potent military weapon. Microwave radars eventually helped destroy Japanese warships, Nazi buzz bombs and enabled Allied bombers to see e through cloud cover After the war the work of radar veterans continues to affect our lives by controlling air...
The Invention that Changed the World by Robert Buderi is 575 pages long, and a total of 146,625 words.
This makes it 194% the length of the average book. It also has 179% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 21 minutes to read The Invention that Changed the World aloud.
The Invention that Changed the World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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