It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] by Sir James Hopwood Jeans
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Mysterious Universe is a science book by the British astrophysicist Sir James Jeans. It is an expanded version of the Rede Lecture delivered at the University of Cambridge in 1930, and begins with a full-page citation of the famous passage in Plato’s Republic, Book VII, laying out the allegory of the cave. It makes frequent reference to the quantum theory of radiation, begun by Max Planck in 1900, to Einstein’s general relativity, and to the new theories of quantum mechanics of Heisenberg and Schrödinger, of whose philosophical perplexities the author seemed well aware. This New Revised Edition was first published in 1932. A popular book to this day, and a valuable addition to any reader’s science book collection.
The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] by Sir James Hopwood Jeans is 99 pages long, and a total of 25,641 words.
This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] aloud.
The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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