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Book · by Richard Phillips Feynman · first published 1985

How many pages is QED?

QED by Richard Phillips Feynman has a median of 170 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 158 to 192 pages.

Median pages
170
12 editions counted
Range
152–193
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page

How long will QED 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
3 h 17 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1601801990200020101985: 152 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 171 pages1988: 158 pages1988: 158 pages1988: 176 pages1990: 158 pages1992: 170 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 192 pages2014: 193 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 170
1601801990200020101985: 152 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 171 pages1988: 158 pages1988: 158 pages1988: 176 pages1990: 158 pages1992: 170 pages2006: 192 pages2006: 192 pages2014: 193 pages2014: 192 pagesmedian 170
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover18223 h 30 min
Paperback18423 h 33 min

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 18 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Princeton University Press–193OL29265656M
2014Princeton University Press–192OL29672824M
2006Princeton University PressHardcover192OL7759227M
2006Princeton University PressPaperback192OL7759155M
1992Princeton U.P.–170OL21621517M
1990Penguin–158OL21170389M
1988Princeton University Press–158OL15195418M
1988Princeton University Press–158OL26883081M

More by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Questions

How many pages is QED?
About 170 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 152 to 193 pages.
How long does it take to read QED?
About 3 h 17 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is QED?
Roughly 47,000 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)).