About This Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A must-read owner’s manual for every body. Take a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body in this “delightful, anecdote-propelled read” (The Boston Globe) from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. With a new Afterword. “You will marvel at the...
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Reading Time Estimates
11h 50m
slow reader
180 WPM
8h 32m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 5m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 127,875 words📅 18 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
8 h 32 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
9 h 28 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
14 h 13 min
Audio 2x
7 h 6 min
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- 📅18 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇18 commutes of 30 min each