How long does it take to read The Panda's Thumb?
The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould takes about 6 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 343 pages, about 94,325 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 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For better science students, this is a collection of 31 essays on natural history.
Subjects: History, Natural selection, Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Evolutietheorie, Histoire
