How long does it take to read The Age of Wonder?
Richard Holmes
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes takes about 10 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 554 pages, about 152,350 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which Holmes now radically redefines as 'the revolution of Romantic Science."
Subjects: Science, History, Intellectual life, Scientists, Discoveries in science, Science, great britain
