The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) runs 5.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.1 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,161 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) is an audiobook by Sam Kean: a 5.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released April 3, 2018, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- April 3, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9781478941248
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) as an audiobook?
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) runs 5.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.
Is The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition)?
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition) is narrated by Robert Petkoff.