How long does it take to read Biochemistry and Human Metabolism?
Burnham Sarle Walker, William C. Boyd, Isaac Asimov
Biochemistry and Human Metabolism by Burnham Sarle Walker, William C. Boyd, Isaac Asimov takes about 16 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 34 minutes
A long haul
First published 1952. 904 pages, about 248,600 words.
34 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a medical text-book, designed for college students. It was written by three professors at the Boston University School of Medicine. They also taught its subject in their classes, they updated, and corrected errors for three editions of the book. The first edition was published in 1952, the 'Second Edition' was published in 1954, and the final "Third Edition" was published in 1957. This is also Isaac Asimov's first published non-fiction book. Isaac Asimov mentions the book, and his seven years working on it, in the first two volumes of his autobiography. It originally cost $9.
Subjects: Biochemistry, Metabolism, Non-Fiction, Nonfiction, Science, Education
