Reading Level
What is the reading level of The Mismeasure of Man ?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Mismeasure of Man is 12th and 13th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
The Mismeasure of Man
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 14 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 15 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 12 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
10 hrs 12 mins
How long to read The Mismeasure of Man (Revised and Expanded)?
The estimated word count of The Mismeasure of Man (Revised and Expanded) is 152,830 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 12 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 16 hrs 59 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 40 mins.
| The Mismeasure of Man (Revised and Expanded) - 152,830 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 16 hrs 59 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 10 hrs 12 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 5 hrs 40 mins |
- Authors
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Stephen Jay Gould
More about The Mismeasure of Man
152,830 words
Word Count
for The Mismeasure of Man (Revised and Expanded)
444 pages
Pages
16 hours and 26 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined. In this edition, Stephen Jay Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The Bell Curve. Further, he has added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, "a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes."