Book · by Stephen Hawking · first published 2005
How many pages is A Briefer History of Time?
A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking has a median of 176 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 166 to 176 pages.
How long will A Briefer History of Time take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Penguin Random House | – | 176 | OL28433910M |
| 2008 | Bantam | Paperback | 176 | OL9563290M |
| 2005 | Bantam | Hardcover | 176 | OL7850566M |
| 2005 | BANTAM | – | 162 | OL22708987M |
| 2005 | Bantam Books | Paperback | 162 | OL7917107M |
| 2005 | Random House Large Print | – | 272 | OL7427082M |
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Questions
- How many pages is A Briefer History of Time?
- About 176 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 162 to 272 pages.
- How long does it take to read A Briefer History of Time?
- About 3 h 23 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is A Briefer History of Time?
- Roughly 48,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).