About This Book
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement. 'The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes's first major work of biography in over a decade. It ha...
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180 WPM
2h 2m
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250 WPM
1h 27m
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350 WPM
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