Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World audiobook runs 16.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Chris Sorensen (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris Sorensen
Chris Sorensen narrates 218 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,936 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
37 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
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- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World is an audiobook by Jill Jonnes: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Sorensen, released January 31, 2017, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Sorensen
- Released
- January 31, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781515987697
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World audiobook?
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is the Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World?
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World is narrated by Chris Sorensen.
Is Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.