How long does it take to read Earth?
Frank Press, Raymond Siever
Earth by Frank Press, Raymond Siever takes about 12 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 656 pages, about 180,400 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Physical geology, Geomorfologie, Aarde (planeet), Geofisica, Terre, Geologie physique