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Failure: Why Science Is So Successful by Stuart Firestein

Failure: Why Science Is So Successful: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Failure: Why Science Is So Successful audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr. (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Failure: Why Science Is So Successful at common listening paces
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30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction 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

Failure: Why Science Is So Successful is an audiobook by Stuart Firestein: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr., released March 3, 2016, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.
Released
March 3, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Failure: Why Science Is So Successful audiobook?

Failure: Why Science Is So Successful runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is the Failure: Why Science Is So Successful audiobook free?

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Who narrates Failure: Why Science Is So Successful?

Failure: Why Science Is So Successful is narrated by Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr..