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How long does it take to read The Phenomenon of Man?

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1955. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A plea for synthesis of the scientific and the theological point of view of evolution, by a contemporary French Jesuit thinker. First in a projected series of his works.

Subjects: Paleoantropologie, Evolution, Philosophy, Cosmology, Anthropology, Cosmología

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