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How long does it take to read Classical Mechanics?

The Theoretical Minimum

Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky

Classical Mechanics by Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 42 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2013. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 42 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes

The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A string theorist and a citizen scientist instruct lay readers on elementary principles of physics and associated math that amateur enthusiasts should know in order to study more advanced topics, in a reference that covers such topics as classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields and chaos theory. "A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics"--Dust jacket flap.

Subjects: Physics, Problems, exercises, Popular works, Mechanics, Mécanique, Ouvrages de vulgarisation

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