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Climbing Mount Improbable
About This Book
A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could...
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Reading Time Estimates
11h 3m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 57m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 41m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 119,350 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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7 h 57 min
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8 h 50 min
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Audio 2x
6 h 38 min
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