Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
222 Biology & Chemistry 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
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code is an audiobook by Matthew Cobb: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released August 11, 2015, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- August 11, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781494585594
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code audiobook?
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code?
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code is narrated by John Lee.
Is Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.