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The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine by Brendan Borrell

The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dan Woren (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine at common listening paces
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2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy 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 First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine is an audiobook by Brendan Borrell: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Woren, released October 26, 2021, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Social Science shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Dan Woren
Released
October 26, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Social Science, Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9780358653172

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine as an audiobook?

The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine?

The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine is narrated by Dan Woren.

Is The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.