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The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe by William Poundstone

The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kyle Tait (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe at common listening paces
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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 9,905 Social Science 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 Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe is an audiobook by William Poundstone: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle Tait, released October 15, 2019, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Kyle Tait
Released
October 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9781541430112

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe as an audiobook?

The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe?

The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe is narrated by Kyle Tait.