An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fred Sanders (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 2,391 Disorders & Diseases audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fred Sanders
Fred Sanders narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Disorders & Diseases shelf
111 Disorders & Diseases audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives is an audiobook by Matt Richtel: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Sanders, released March 12, 2019, on the Disorders & Diseases and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fred Sanders
- Released
- March 12, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Disorders & Diseases, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9780062698513
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives as an audiobook?
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives?
An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives is narrated by Fred Sanders.
Is An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.