How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World audiobook runs 6.2 hours unabridged, narrated by George Newbern (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by George Newbern
George Newbern narrates 502 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
815 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2018 recording read by Steven Johnson runs 3.2 hours shorter (3 hours).
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 We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World is an audiobook by Steven Johnson: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by George Newbern, released September 30, 2014, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Newbern
- Released
- September 30, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Computers & Technology, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780698181892
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How long is the How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World audiobook?
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is the How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World audiobook free?
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Who narrates How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World?
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World is narrated by George Newbern.