Matter: A Very Short Introduction: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Matter: A Very Short Introduction audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Nigel Patterson (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nigel Patterson
Nigel Patterson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,957 hours in all.
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- The Door on Half-Bald Hill
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About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
67 Astronomy & Physics 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
Matter: A Very Short Introduction is an audiobook by Geoff Cottrell: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nigel Patterson, released July 16, 2019, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nigel Patterson
- Released
- July 16, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781515933328
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Matter: A Very Short Introduction audiobook?
Matter: A Very Short Introduction runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
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Who narrates Matter: A Very Short Introduction?
Matter: A Very Short Introduction is narrated by Nigel Patterson.