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How long does it take to read Microbial Ecology?

Ronald M. Atlas, Richard Bartha

Microbial Ecology by Ronald M. Atlas, Richard Bartha takes about 10 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 10 hours 2 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1981. 547 pages, about 150,425 words.

21 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 16 hours 43 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 16 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"When a woman's body is discovered, strangled and bound with rope to the stone torso of Fâar Breige, the ancient stone god which stands sentinel above the haunted caves and ancient fortifications of the Atlantic cliffs, the locals believe it was the god who killed her. In life, Clodagh O'Lochlainn had been a disgrace to her clan, tormenting her former priestly lover, jeering at her husband, robbing her relatives: but could she really have been slaughtered by a vengeful god, as the local population believes? Abandoning preparations for the celebration of her fiftieth birthday, Mara, Brehon of the Burren, with the assistance of Fachtnan and her scholars, takes up the task of solving the murder. Ignoring the ancient legends, she concentrates instead on bringing a mortal killer to justice. But it's only when Fachtnan's small daughter is lost in the labyrinth of passages among the caves that the horrifying truth begins to emerge." --

Subjects: Microbial ecology, Ecology, Microbiology, Evolution, Science

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