How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology audiobook runs 17.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Philip Ball (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Philip Ball
Philip Ball narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 83 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
43 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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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
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology is an audiobook by Philip Ball: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Philip Ball, released January 5, 2026, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Philip Ball
- Released
- January 5, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9798855503609
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology audiobook?
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is the How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology?
How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology is narrated by Philip Ball.
Is How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.