Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History audiobook runs 18.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Meredith MacRae (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 52 hours in all.
- Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History
- Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
- Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
- The Washington Irving Library
- Barbs from the Bard: Shakespearean Insults with Modern Translations and Notes
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
32 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History is an audiobook by Stephen Jay Gould: a 18.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Meredith MacRae, released January 1, 1996, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Meredith MacRae
- Released
- January 1, 1996
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781614673101
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History audiobook?
Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History runs 18.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is the Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History audiobook free?
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Who narrates Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History?
Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History is narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Meredith MacRae.
Is Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.