Reading Level
What is the reading level of The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers is 11th and 12th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 12 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 10 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
7 hrs 2 mins
How long to read The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers?
The estimated word count of The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers is 105,400 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 7 hrs 2 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 43 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 55 mins.
| The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers - 105,400 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 11 hrs 43 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 7 hrs 2 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 55 mins |
- Authors
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Emily Levesque
More about The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
105,400 words
Word Count
for The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
336 pages
Pages
11 hours and 20 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
An Amazon Best Book of the Year ― 2020!The story of the people who see beyond the stars―an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky.Humans from the earliest civilizations through today have craned their necks each night, using the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Stargazing is a pursuit that continues to fascinate us: from Copernicus to Carl Sagan, astronomers throughout history have spent their lives trying to answer the biggest questions in the universe. Now, award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers in this new nonfiction release, the people willing to adventure across high mountaintops and to some of the most remote corners of the planet, all in the name of science.From the lonely quiet of midnight stargazing to tall tales of wild bears loose in the observatory, The Last Stargazers is a love letter to astronomy and an affirmation of the crucial role that humans can and must play in the future of scientific discovery.In this sweeping work of narrative science, Levesque shows how astronomers in this scrappy and evolving field are going beyond the machines to infuse creativity and passion into the stars and space and inspires us all to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets.