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How long does it take to read How Things Work?

Louis A. Bloomfield

How Things Work by Louis A. Bloomfield takes about 10 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 10 hours 34 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1995. 576 pages, about 158,400 words.

22 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 17 hours 36 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 36 minutes

The page count is the median across 62 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Physics

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