How long does it take to read Optics?
Optics by Eugene Hecht takes about 12 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1974. 676 pages, about 185,900 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Optics, Literary collections
