How Long to Read Darwin's Evolving Identity

By Alistair Sponsel

How Long Does it Take to Read Darwin's Evolving Identity?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Darwin's Evolving Identity by Alistair Sponsel

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Why—against his mentor’s exhortations to publish—did Charles Darwin take twenty years to reveal his theory of evolution by natural selection? In Darwin’s Evolving Identity, Alistair Sponsel argues that Darwin adopted this cautious approach to atone for his provocative theorizing as a young author spurred by that mentor, the geologist Charles Lyell. While we might expect him to have been tormented by guilt about his private study of evolution, Darwin was most distressed by harsh reactions to his published work on coral reefs, volcanoes, and earthquakes, judging himself guilty of an authorial...

How long is Darwin's Evolving Identity?

Darwin's Evolving Identity by Alistair Sponsel is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Darwin's Evolving Identity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Darwin's Evolving Identity aloud.

What Reading Level is Darwin's Evolving Identity?

Darwin's Evolving Identity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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