A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Allen Paulos (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
3,922 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours is an audiobook by John Allen Paulos: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Allen Paulos, released December 1, 2015, on the Biography & Memoir and Self-Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Allen Paulos
- Released
- December 1, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir, Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9781469095219
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours as an audiobook?
A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours?
A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours is narrated by John Allen Paulos.