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How long does it take to read The Ambidextrous Universe?

Martin Gardner

The Ambidextrous Universe by Martin Gardner takes about 5 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 22 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1964. 293 pages, about 80,575 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 57 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 22 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 21 minutes

The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

From where does the difference between left and right come? Is it a fundamental property of the universe, or is it arbitrary?

Subjects: Parity nonconservation, Symmetry (Physics), Particles (Nuclear physics), Fisica Nuclear, Elementarteilchen, Symétrie (Physique)

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