How long does it take to read On the Origin of Time?
Thomas Hertog
On the Origin of Time by Thomas Hertog takes about 5 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2023. 313 pages, about 86,075 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A scientific biography of Stephen Hawking’s work from the time the author becomes Hawking’s student until Hawking’s death.
Subjects: the anthropic principle, black holes, cosmology, gravity, mathematics, quantum cosmology
