How long does it take to read Physicists?
Friedric Durrenmatt
Physicists by Friedric Durrenmatt takes about 1 hour 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1964. 94 pages, about 25,850 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set in a madhouse, three male patients, all nuclear physicists, believe they are Newton, Einstein and the third has visions from KingtSolomon. Are they really mad, or playing some murderous game with the world at stake?
Subjects: Drama, German drama, Physicists, Psychiatric hospitals