The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Belfiore (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,692 Social Science 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 Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of is an audiobook by Michael Belfiore: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Belfiore, released October 20, 2009, on the Social Science and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Belfiore
- Released
- October 20, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9780307704092
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of as an audiobook?
The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of?
The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of is narrated by Michael Belfiore.
Is The Department of Mad Scientists: Inside DARPA, the Path-Breaking Government Agency You've Never Heard Of worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.