It takes the average reader 7 hours and 34 minutes to read The History of the World in 100 Plants by Simon Barnes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes an inspirational new book that looks at the 100 plants that have had the greatest impact on humanity, stunningly illustrated throughout. As humans, we hold the planet in the palms of ours hands. But we still consume the energy of the sun in the form of food. The sun is available for consumption because of plants. Plants make food from the sun by the process of photosynthesis; nothing else in the world can do this. We eat plants, or we do so at second hand, by eating the eaters of plants....
The History of the World in 100 Plants by Simon Barnes is 439 pages long, and a total of 113,701 words.
This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 139% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 21 minutes to read The History of the World in 100 Plants aloud.
The History of the World in 100 Plants is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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