Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series audiobook runs 22.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Philip Ball and Naomi Alderman (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Philip Ball
Philip Ball narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 83 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
391 Non-Fiction 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
Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series is an audiobook by Simon Schaffer, Tracey Logan and Kevin Fong: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Philip Ball and Naomi Alderman, released March 9, 2023, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Philip Ball, Naomi Alderman
- Released
- March 9, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781529906523
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series audiobook?
Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is the Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series?
Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series is narrated by Philip Ball and Naomi Alderman.
Is Science Stories: The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.