Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Published 2009 · 94,600 words · about 6 hours at an average pace
How hard is Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science to read?
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science scores 51 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 55 out of 100
- Taxonomic vocabulary, explained.
- Sentence structure: 52 out of 100
- Clear, engaging sentences.
- Abstraction: 58 out of 100
- Classification treated as a cognitive question.
- Information density: 60 out of 100
- Dense with history and science.
How Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science is regarded
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science holds a literary regard score of 35 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.