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Book · by David Halliday · first published 1970

How many pages is Fundamentals of Physics?

Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday has a median of 1,056 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 914 to 1,146 pages.

Median pages
1,056
19 editions counted
Range
752–1,306
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
20h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
290k
at 275 words per page

How long will Fundamentals of Physics take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
20 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
41 days
At 1 hour a day
21 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

8001,0001,20019701980199020001970: 827 pages1981: 816 pages1981: 947 pages1986: 880 pages1986: 1,014 pages1986: 1,080 pages1988: 1,202 pages1988: 1,149 pages1988: 977 pages1993: 752 pages1993: 1,306 pages1993: 1,306 pages1993: 1,130 pages1993: 808 pages1997: 1,080 pages1997: 1,142 pages1997: 984 pages2000: 1,056 pages2001: 1,216 pagesmedian 1,056
8001,0001,200198020001970: 827 pages1981: 816 pages1981: 947 pages1986: 880 pages1986: 1,014 pages1986: 1,080 pages1988: 1,202 pages1988: 1,149 pages1988: 977 pages1993: 752 pages1993: 1,306 pages1993: 1,306 pages1993: 1,130 pages1993: 808 pages1997: 1,080 pages1997: 1,142 pages1997: 984 pages2000: 1,056 pages2001: 1,216 pagesmedian 1,056
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 45 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2001Wiley–1,216OL6780808M
2000Wiley–1,056OL7615095M
1997Wiley–1,080OL607984M
1997Wiley–1,142OL762280M
1997Wiley–984OL812571M
1993John Wiley & Sons–752OL7614970M
1993Wiley–1,306OL22339229M
1993Wiley–1,306OL1728528M

Questions

How many pages is Fundamentals of Physics?
About 1,056 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 752 to 1,306 pages.
How long does it take to read Fundamentals of Physics?
About 20 h 20 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 41 days.
How many words is Fundamentals of Physics?
Roughly 290,000 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)).