Around the same time as Robert Hooke, a Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, also observed cells with his improved microscope. He is now known as âthe father of microbiologyâ and was the first to observe a live cell under a microscope.e discovered many different types of cells including bacteria, sperm, muscle fibers and protozoa. He was also made the first description of a red blood cell. It wasnât until 1839 that Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden co-founded the principal of cell theory.
Average Chapter length 748 words, Range 935 words, Median 803 words. Jon was a little all over the place in terms of chapter length. That range is almost 300 words more than my longest chapter. From these numbers I learned: a) counting is not fun. b) There are no set rules for chapter length in a publishable book. c) Having an average does help set limits and determine chapter breaking points.
Minimum (realistic) word count of non-fiction book. What is a reasonable estimate for the minimum length, in word count, for a non-fiction book? I'd guesstimate that non-fiction books generally (yes, this is very rough) run perhaps 150-450 pages, and at about 350 wd/page that works out to something like 50-150k words. (Correct me if I am off here).