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How long does it take to read Biology for Dummies?

Donna Rae Siegfried, Jan Hendrik Schneider

Biology for Dummies by Donna Rae Siegfried, Jan Hendrik Schneider takes about 6 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 43 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2001. 366 pages, about 100,650 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 43 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your body needs to keep going? If DNA is a set of instructions in your cells, how does it tell your cells what to do? How does your brain know what your feet are doing? The theory of evolution says that humans and chimps descended from a common ancestor, but does it tell us how and why? We humans are insatiably curious creatures who can’t help wondering how things work – starting with our own bodies. Wouldn’t it be great to have a single source of quick answers to all our questions about how living things work? Now there is. From molecules to animals, cells to ecosystems, Biology For Dummies answers all your questions about how living things work. Written in plain English and packed with dozens of illustrations, quick-reference “Cheat Sheets” and helpful tables and diagrams, it can get you quickly up to speed on what you need to know to: Understand how cells work Ge t a handle on the chemi stry of life Find out how food becomes energy Get to know your body’s systems Decode the secrets of DNA Find out what evolution is and isn’t and how it works Take a peek into the lives of bacteria Explore how viruses do their thing

Subjects: Biology

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