How long does it take to read The Great Unknown?
The Great Unknown by Marcus du Sautoy takes about 7 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 429 pages, about 117,975 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A captivating journey to the outer frontiers of human knowledge by the popular presenter of Netflix's The Story of Math. Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know--to understand the physical world and the laws of nature. But are there limits to human knowledge? This tantalizing question has inspired scientists and functioned as a spur to innovation. Now, Marcus du Sautoy invites us to join him on a journey to the outer reaches of human understanding as there are still lots of deep mysteries waiting to be solved. Are some things beyond the predictive powers of science? Or are those challenges simply the next big discovery waiting to happen? Du Sautoy takes us into the minds of science's greatest innovators and reveals the fraught circumstances of their discoveries. He reminds us that major breakthroughs were often ridiculed at the time of their discovery. And he carries us on a whirlwind tour of seven "Edges" of knowledge - chaos theory, matter, quantum physics, the universe, time, consciousness and infinity --grounding a deeply personal exploration in simple concepts like the roll of dice, the notes of a cello, or how a clock measures time"--
Subjects: Theory of Knowledge, Discoveries in science, Knowledge, theory of, MATHEMATICS, Probability & Statistics, SCIENCE
