It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This classic by the distinguished Harvard entomologist tells how life on earth evolved and became diverse, and now, how diversity and life are endangered by us, truly. While Wilson contributed a great deal to environmental ethics by calling for the preservation of whole ecosystems rather than individual species, his environmentalism appears too anthropocentric: "We should judge every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity." And: "Signals abound that the loss of life's diversity endangers not just the body but the spirit."...
The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.
This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read The Diversity of Life aloud.
The Diversity of Life is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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