How long does it take to read The Lives of a Cell?
The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas takes about 3 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 180 pages, about 49,500 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Essays which appeared in the New England journal of medicine. His reflections and observations on man and nature, science and life, biology and life and on health and language.
Subjects: Addresses, essays, lectures, Biology, Collected works, Essays, Philosophy, Biologia geral
