How long does it take to read Black Holes?
The BBC Reith Lectures
Black Holes by Stephen Hawking takes about 1 hour 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1993. 85 pages, about 23,375 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Black holes (astronomy)
