How long does it take to read Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics?
Jonathan Pevsner
Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics by Jonathan Pevsner takes about 17 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 45 minutes
A long haul
First published 2003. 968 pages, about 266,200 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Wiley is proud to announce the publication of the first ever broad-based textbook introduction to Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics by a trained biologist, experienced researcher, and award-winning instructor. In this new text, author Jonathan Pevsner, winner of the 2001 Johns Hopkins University "Teacher of the Year" award, explains problem-solving using bioinformatic approaches using real examples such as breast cancer, HIV-1, and retinal-binding protein throughout. His book includes 375 figures and over 170 tables. Each chapter includes: Problems, discussion of Pitfalls, Boxes explaining key techniques and math/stats principles, Summary, Recommended Reading list, and URLs for freely available software. The text is suitable for professionals and students at every level, including those with little to no background in computer science.
Subjects: Nonfiction, Science, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Data processing
