The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Deakins (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Deakins
Mark Deakins narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,380 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
414 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems is an audiobook by Henry Petroski: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Deakins, released February 23, 2010, on the Computers & Technology and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Deakins
- Released
- February 23, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Computers & Technology, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780307707321
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How long is The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems as an audiobook?
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems?
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems is narrated by Mark Deakins.