How long does it take to read The Glass Universe?
how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel takes about 6 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2016. 330 pages, about 90,750 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
xii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm1330L Lexile
Subjects: Women in astronomy, History of astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory, Women mathematicians, Astronomy, History
