How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Perring (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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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 |
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What our data says
- At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,665 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going is an audiobook by Vaclav Smil: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Perring, released May 10, 2022, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Perring
- Released
- May 10, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780593553176
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How long is the How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going audiobook?
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going audiobook free?
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Who narrates How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going?
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going is narrated by Stephen Perring.
Is How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.