How long does it take to read The Song of the Cell?
The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2022. 496 pages, about 136,400 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A history of the cell, and the development of a multiplicity of subsequent cell sciences, biological and medical, with an emphasis on the human.
Subjects: biology, cells, Cytology, immunology, Research, Microbiology
