How Long to Read Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher by Brandy Schillace

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

Description

The “delightfully macabre” (The New York Times) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon…and his quest to transplant the human soul. In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space that we all know, but a race to master the inner space of the human body. While surgeons on either side of the Iron Curtain competed to become the first to transplant organs like the kidney and heart, a young American neurosurgeon had an even more ambitious thought: Why not transplant the brain? Dr. Robert White was a friend to two popes and a founder of the Vatican’s Commission on Bioethics. He developed lifesaving neurosurgical techniques still used in hospitals today and was nominated for the Nobel Prize. But like Dr. Jekyll before him, Dr. White had another identity. In his lab, he was waging a battle against the limits of science and against mortality itself—working to perfect a surgery that would allow the soul to live on after the human body had died. This “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal), “provocative” (The Washington Post) tale follows his decades-long quest into tangled matters of science, Cold War politics, and faith, revealing the complex (and often murky) ethics of experimentation and remarkable innovations that today save patients from certain death. It’s a “masterful” (Science) look at our greatest fears and our greatest hopes—and the long, strange journey from science fiction to science fact.

How long is Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher?

Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher by Brandy Schillace is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher aloud.

What Reading Level is Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher?

Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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