How long does it take to read Out of My Later Years?
[Essays]
Out of My Later Years by Albert Einstein takes about 5 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1492. 282 pages, about 77,550 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Albert Einstein, among the greatest scientists of all time, was also a man of profound thought and deeply humane feelings. His collected essays offer a fascinating and moving look at one of the twentieth century's leading minds. Covering a fifteen year period from 1934 to 1950, the contents of this book have been drawn from Einstein's articles, addresses, letters and assorted papers. Through his words, you can understand the man and gain his insight on social, religious, and educational issues.
Subjects: Biography, Relativity (Physics), Scientists, Philosophy, Physics, Physicists