How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
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Keith Sellon-Wright narrates 143 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,397 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
5,308 Biography & Memoir 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
How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist is an audiobook by Charles H. Townes: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Keith Sellon-Wright, released September 19, 2018, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Keith Sellon-Wright
- Released
- September 19, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781541446359
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist audiobook?
How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist audiobook free?
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Who narrates How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist?
How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist is narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.