How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Perring (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Perring
Stephen Perring narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 290 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,143 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future is an audiobook by Vaclav Smil: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Perring, released January 27, 2022, on the World and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Perring
- Released
- January 27, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780241993071
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future audiobook?
How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future?
How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future is narrated by Stephen Perring.
Is How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.