How long does it take to read Letters to a Young Scientist?
Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson takes about 4 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 244 pages, about 67,100 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Advice to talented and ambitious young people of what they need to know to succeed in science.
Subjects: sociobiology, ants, science, taxonomy, entomology, evolutionary biology
