How long does it take to read The Medusa and the Snail?
The Medusa and the Snail by Lewis Thomas takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 175 pages, about 48,125 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 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Includes material on warts, DNA, cloning, and medical economics.
Subjects: Medicine, Biology, Essays, Médecine, Biologie, Philosophy
