It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read The Wonderful Mr Willughby by Tim Birkhead
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
'Birkhead has combined ingenuity and perseverance to produce an evocative portrait of a great pioneer in the scientific study of birds' Literary Review Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, Willughby was determined to overhaul the whole of natural history and impose order on its complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting and exhausting work. Yet before Willughby and Ray could complete their monumental encyclopaedia of birds, Ornithology, Willughby died. In the centuries since, Ray's...
The Wonderful Mr Willughby by Tim Birkhead is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.
This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read The Wonderful Mr Willughby aloud.
The Wonderful Mr Willughby is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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