How long does it take to read Understanding Physics?
Understanding Physics by Isaac Asimov takes about 9 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1966. 519 pages, about 142,725 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
While many of us understand complex theories of criticism or finance, we cannot explain why the lights go on when we flick a switch or how a radio works. In this reader-friendly, unabridged edition of three of his best-selling books, renowned science writer Isaac Asimov demystifies physics, teaching the fundamentals in a manner easily understood by lay people. Including the complete text of Motion, Sound and Heat, Light, Magnetism and Electricity, and The Electron, Proton and Neutron, this volume will guide you through the evolution of physics from its early Greek beginnings up to the modern theories of the creation of time, space and matter. Each volume relates the tale of the human quest through the ages for answers to the fundamental questions of how the universe works. Told in its historical context, this quest for knowledge is a story of high drama and uncommon valor, when men put their very lives on the line for the sake of scientific truth. 3 Volumes: Motion, Sound & Heat Light, Magnetism & Electricity The Electron, Proton & Neutron
Subjects: Science, Physics, Physique, Electricity, Light, Magnetism
