How Long to Read The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection

How Long Does it Take to Read The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection by John Tyler Bonner

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

Description

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a bacterium, given many millions of years, could have evolved into an elephant?" The author argues that we can understand this progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role of life cycles--in evolutionary change. In a lively writing style that will be familiar to readers of his work The Evolution of Culture in Animals (Princeton, 1980), Bonner addresses a general audience interested in biology, as well as specialists in all areas of evolutionary biology. What is novel in the approach used here is the comparison of complexity inside the organism (especially cell differentiation) with the complexity outside (that is, within an ecological community). Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior.

How long is The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection?

The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection by John Tyler Bonner is 276 pages long, and a total of 70,656 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 26 minutes to read The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection aloud.

What Reading Level is The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection?

The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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