How Long to Read The Extended Organism

How Long Does it Take to Read The Extended Organism?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 59 minutes to read The Extended Organism by J. Scott Turner

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

Description

Can the structures that animals build--from the humble burrows of earthworms to towering termite mounds to the Great Barrier Reef--be said to live? However counterintuitive the idea might first seem, physiological ecologist Scott Turner demonstrates in this book that many animals construct and use structures to harness and control the flow of energy from their environment to their own advantage. Building on Richard Dawkins's classic, The Extended Phenotype, Turner shows why drawing the boundary of an organism's physiology at the skin of the animal is arbitrary. Since the structures animals build undoubtedly do physiological work, capturing and channeling chemical and physical energy, Turner argues that such structures are more properly regarded not as frozen behaviors but as external organs of physiology and even extensions of the animal's phenotype. By challenging dearly held assumptions, a fascinating new view of the living world is opened to us, with implications for our understanding of physiology, the environment, and the remarkable structures animals build.

How long is The Extended Organism?

The Extended Organism by J. Scott Turner is 235 pages long, and a total of 59,925 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Extended Organism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Extended Organism aloud.

What Reading Level is The Extended Organism?

The Extended Organism 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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