Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Johnson (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Johnson
Peter Johnson narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 124 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
742 World 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
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans is an audiobook by Dick Teresi: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Johnson, released November 5, 2002, on the World and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Johnson
- Released
- November 5, 2002
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780739304860
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans audiobook?
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is the Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans audiobook free?
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Who narrates Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans?
Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans is narrated by Peter Johnson.
Is Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science from the Babylonians to the Mayans worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.