A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mike Grady
Mike Grady narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 942 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
835 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist is an audiobook by Richard Fortey: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released February 18, 2021, on the History & Culture and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mike Grady
- Released
- February 18, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780008323998
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist as an audiobook?
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist?
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist is narrated by Mike Grady.
Is A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.