About This Book
An enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of science from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory Stuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes β social, moral, musical, s...
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Reading Time Estimates
11h 9m
slow reader
180 WPM
8h 2m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 44m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 120,450 wordsπ
17 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
8 h 2 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 55 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 h 23 min
Audio 2x
6 h 42 min
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