How long does it take to read Cosmos?
Alexander von Humboldt
Cosmos by Alexander von Humboldt takes about 7 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1845. 410 pages, about 112,750 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 63 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cosmos is a work of nature writing and science by the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt, who builds on lectures he gave in Berlin. Drawing on the ancient Greek idea of an ordered, harmonious universe, he argues that the same laws govern the heavens and the seemingly chaotic Earth, and that contemplating nature reveals its unity. The opening volume portrays nature, moving from the Milky Way, nebulae and planets to geography, climate, volcanoes and the links among plants, animals and people. The next volume traces the history of science and how poets, painters and scholars have felt about nature across the ages.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Science, Astronomy, History, Physical geography, Cosmography, Cosmology
