How long does it take to read On Growth and Form?
On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson takes about 6 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1917. 346 pages, about 95,150 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Why do living things and physical phenomena take the forms they do? Analyzing the mathematical and physical aspects of biological processes, this historic work, first published in 1917, has become renowned as well for the poetry of is descriptions.
Subjects: Biology, Anatomy, Growth, Morphology (Animals), Long Now Manual for Civilization, Morfologia
