How long does it take to read The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science?
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science by Isaac Asimov takes about 15 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 59 minutes
A long haul
First published 1960. 872 pages, about 239,800 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Reports on recent advances in the physical and biological sciences to aid the general reader in understanding modern scientific phenomena.
Subjects: Science, Popular works, History, Biology, Science, popular works, Long Now Manual for Civilization
