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How long does it take to read The Meaning of Relativity?

Albert Einstein

The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein takes about 2 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 57 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1921. 161 pages, about 44,275 words.

6 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 57 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Consists of the text of Einstein's Stafford Little Lectures, delivered in May, 1921 at Princeton University. Includes an appendix discussing advances in the theory of relativity since 1921, and an appendix on his Generalized Theory of Gravitation.

Subjects: Relativity (Physics), Biography, Physicists, Relativite (physique), Relativitätstheorie, Special relativity (Physics)

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