It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read Resurrecting Extinct Species by Douglas Ian Campbell
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This book is about the philosophy of de-extinction. To make an extinct species ‘de-extinct’ is to resurrect it by creating new organisms of the same, or similar, appearance and genetics. The book describes current attempts to resurrect three species, the aurochs, woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon. It then investigates two major philosophical questions such projects throw up. These are the Authenticity Question—‘will the products of de-extinction be authentic members of the original species?’—and the Ethical Question—‘is de-extinction something that should be done?' The book surveys and...
Resurrecting Extinct Species by Douglas Ian Campbell is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.
This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read Resurrecting Extinct Species aloud.
Resurrecting Extinct Species is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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