How long does it take to read The Human Bone Manual?
Tim D. White, Pieter Arend Folkens
The Human Bone Manual by Tim D. White, Pieter Arend Folkens takes about 8 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 488 pages, about 134,200 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Tim White and Pieter Folkens, the team behind the bestselling text, Human Osteology, Second Edition, have created the ideal concise guide for professional anthropologists, osteologists, law enforcement officers, and forensic specialists working with human bones in the field or laboratory. In addition to essential text information, hundreds of photographs are included, showing a maximum amount of anatomical information and providing a valuable tool in comparing specimens for rapid identification across the broad landscapes of law enforcement, forensics, anatomy, archaeology, and paleontology."--Jacket.
Subjects: Forensic anthropology, Classification, Human remains (Archaeology), Analysis, Human skeleton, Identification
