The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science runs 21.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 14.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 21.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 21.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
486 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
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science is an audiobook by Richard Holmes: a 21.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released June 16, 2011, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- June 16, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483076720
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science as an audiobook?
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science runs 21.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.3 hours.
Is The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science?
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science is narrated by Gildart Jackson.
Is The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.3 hours, saving 7.1 hours.