Jonas Salk: A Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Jonas Salk: A Life audiobook runs 20 hours unabridged, narrated by Pam Ward (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 20 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pam Ward
Pam Ward narrates 223 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,138 hours in all.
- Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese
- An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
- The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture
- Solitary Witch: The Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation
- You're Not Crazy - You're Codependent: What Everyone Affected by Addiction, Abuse, Trauma or Toxic Shaming Must Know to Have Peace in Their Lives
About as long, on the Medicine & Naturopathy shelf
90 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
- The Gene: An Intimate History
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- On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
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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
Jonas Salk: A Life is an audiobook by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Pam Ward, released October 6, 2015, on the History & Culture and Medicine & Naturopathy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pam Ward
- Released
- October 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Medicine & Naturopathy, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504663052
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Jonas Salk: A Life audiobook?
Jonas Salk: A Life runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is the Jonas Salk: A Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Jonas Salk: A Life?
Jonas Salk: A Life is narrated by Pam Ward.
Is Jonas Salk: A Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.