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Book · by Richard Phillips Feynman · first published 1999

How many pages is The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard Phillips Feynman has a median of 270 pages across 5 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 270 pages.

Median pages
270
5 editions counted
Range
270
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
74k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Pleasure of Finding Things Out 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
5 h 12 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2652702752000200220041999: 270 pages1999: 270 pages2000: 270 pages2000: 270 pages2005: 270 pagesmedian 270
2652702752000200220041999: 270 pages1999: 270 pages2000: 270 pages2000: 270 pages2005: 270 pagesmedian 270
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 5 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 13 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2005Basic Books–270OL7593391M
2000Allen Lane–270OL18548591M
2000Perseus Books GroupPaperback270OL7899396M
1999MJF Books–270OL31981976M
1999Perseus Books–270OL54405M

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Questions

How many pages is The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?
About 270 pages: that is the median of 5 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 270 to 270 pages.
How long does it take to read The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?
About 5 h 12 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Pleasure of Finding Things Out?
Roughly 74,000 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)).