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How many pages is The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science?

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science by Isaac Asimov has a median of 864 pages across 10 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 864 to 925 pages.

Median pages
864
10 editions counted
Range
527–945
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
17h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
238k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science 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
16 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
34 days
At 1 hour a day
17 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

6008001,0001960197019801960: 853 pages1965: 864 pages1965: 864 pages1965: 864 pages1967: 864 pages1972: 945 pages1972: 527 pages1984: 940 pages1985: 940 pages1987: 880 pagesmedian 864
6008001,0001960197019801960: 853 pages1965: 864 pages1965: 864 pages1965: 864 pages1967: 864 pages1972: 945 pages1972: 527 pages1984: 940 pages1985: 940 pages1987: 880 pagesmedian 864
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 10 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 29 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1987Penguin–880OL14947138M
1985Viking–940OL17375212M
1984Basic Books–940OL3186423M
1972Basic Books, Inc. Publishers–945OL47812919M
1972Pelican–527OL19666847M
1967Nelson–864OL18159800M
1965University of Toronto Press–864OL26564862M
1965University of Toronto Press–864OL17389067M

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Questions

How many pages is The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science?
About 864 pages: that is the median of 10 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 527 to 945 pages.
How long does it take to read The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science?
About 16 h 38 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 34 days.
How many words is The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science?
Roughly 238,000 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)).