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Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Andrew Rader (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars is an audiobook by Andrew Rader: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Rader, released November 12, 2019, on the World and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Andrew Rader
Released
November 12, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, History & Culture
ISBN
9781508296751

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars audiobook?

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is the Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars?

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars is narrated by Andrew Rader.

Is Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.