Speed: How It Explains the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Speed: How It Explains the World audiobook runs 11.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Jameson (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Jameson
Joe Jameson narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,168 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
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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
Speed: How It Explains the World is an audiobook by Vaclav Smil: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Jameson, released June 2, 2026, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Jameson
- Released
- June 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9798217338832
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Speed: How It Explains the World audiobook?
Speed: How It Explains the World runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is the Speed: How It Explains the World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Speed: How It Explains the World?
Speed: How It Explains the World is narrated by Joe Jameson.
Is Speed: How It Explains the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.