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How long does it take to read Quantum Mechanics?

Hendrik Anthony Kramers

Quantum Mechanics by Hendrik Anthony Kramers takes about 9 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 9 hours 6 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1940. 496 pages, about 136,400 words.

19 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 15 hours 9 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 9 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 41 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Here is a superb, up-to-date exposition of quantum theory. Proceeding from experimental evidence and theoretical considerations about the wave nature of free particles, it develops in an exceptionally lucid and carefully reasoned style the most important concepts of this vital modern study."--Back cover.

Subjects: Quantum theory

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