Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Fass (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Fass
Robert Fass narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,196 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,002 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made is an audiobook by Vaclav Smil: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released October 19, 2021, on the World and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
- Released
- October 19, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Business & Career Development, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781666161229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made audiobook?
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made?
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made is narrated by Robert Fass.
Is Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.