It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider by Stephen B. Heard
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An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance Ever since Carl Linnaeus’s binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on...
Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider by Stephen B. Heard is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.
This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider aloud.
Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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