How long does it take to read The Cosmic Connection?
An Extraterrestrial Perspective
The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan takes about 5 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1973. 274 pages, about 75,350 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 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Origin, Life, Life on other planets, Solar system, Research, Exploration
