The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
1,154 World 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 House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance is an audiobook by Jim Al-Khalili: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released February 26, 2019, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- February 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781982617592
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance as an audiobook?
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance?
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.