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How long does it take to read Essential Cell Biology?

Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

Essential Cell Biology by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter takes about 15 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 15 hours 50 minutes

A long haul

First published 1997. 864 pages, about 237,600 words.

32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 26 hours 24 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 15 hours 50 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 9 hours 54 minutes

The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses colour images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding.

Subjects: Cytology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Cell physiology, Cell Physiological Phenomena, Cell Biology

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