The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 874 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 170 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,852 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
112 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements is an audiobook by Sam Kean: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released August 24, 2010, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- August 24, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781400189526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements as an audiobook?
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements?
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.