Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time audiobook runs 4.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Armstrong and Kate Reading (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 20,332 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,677 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,078 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is an audiobook by Dava Sobel: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Armstrong and Kate Reading, released October 11, 2005, on the Biography & Memoir and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Armstrong, Kate Reading
- Released
- October 11, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780739323793
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time audiobook?
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is the Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time audiobook free?
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Who narrates Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time?
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is narrated by Neil Armstrong and Kate Reading.