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The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them by Liam Shaw

The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Liam Shaw (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Biology & Chemistrystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them is an audiobook by Liam Shaw: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Liam Shaw, released August 21, 2025, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Liam Shaw
Released
August 21, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781529948028

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them as an audiobook?

The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

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Who narrates The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them?

The Dangerous Miracle: A natural history of antibiotics – and how we burned through them is narrated by Liam Shaw.