The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Pratt (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
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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 Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date is an audiobook by Samuel Arbesman: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Pratt, released September 27, 2012, on the Biology & Chemistry and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Pratt
- Released
- September 27, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry, Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781469085494
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How long is The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date as an audiobook?
The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date?
The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date is narrated by Sean Pratt.