How Long to Read Transports of Delight

How Long Does it Take to Read Transports of Delight?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 59 minutes to read Transports of Delight by Peter Hancock

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

Description

This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steamers, Peter Hancock explores how these sequential heights of technology have enabled our dreams of being transported to new and uncharted realms to become reality. Sometimes literally, sometimes figuratively, technology has always been there to make material the visions of our imagination. This book shows how this has essentially been true for all technologies from Stonehenge to space station.But technology is far from perfect. Indeed, the author argues here that some of the most public and tragic of its failures still remain instructive, emblematic, and even inspiring. He reports on examples such as a Cathedral of the Earth (Beauvais), a Cathedral of the Seas (Titanic), and a Cathedral of the Air (Hindenburg) and tells their stories from the viewpoint of material transcendence. By interweaving their stories he reveals how technologies can succeed in elevating human beings and, in taking them to whole new realms of being, he explores and explains why these experiences are ‘Transports of Delight.’

How long is Transports of Delight?

Transports of Delight by Peter Hancock is 235 pages long, and a total of 59,925 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Transports of Delight Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Transports of Delight aloud.

What Reading Level is Transports of Delight?

Transports of Delight 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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