How long does it take to read The Extended Phenotype?
Richard Dawkins, Wolfgang Mayer
The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins, Wolfgang Mayer takes about 5 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 307 pages, about 84,425 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
By suggesting that individual organisms should be viewed as a single coherent unit, working to maximize their own reproductive success, the author explains that as these organisms are "selfish" they have the capacity to effect the body of another animal, so revolutionizing our views of adaptation.
Subjects: Gene expression, Natural selection, Genetics, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Natuurlijke selectie
