Reading Time
7 hrs 36 mins
How long to read The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time?
The estimated word count of The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time is 113,770 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 7 hrs 36 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 12 hrs 39 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 13 mins.
| The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time - 113,770 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 12 hrs 39 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 7 hrs 36 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 4 hrs 13 mins |
- Authors
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Jonathan Weiner
More about The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
113,770 words
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for The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
12 hours and 14 minutes
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Description
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeOn a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch.In this dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.From the Trade Paperback edition.