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The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity by Robin Ince

The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robin Ince (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Comedy, Satire & Parodystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf

367 Comedy, Satire & Parody 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 Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity is an audiobook by Robin Ince: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Ince, released October 7, 2021, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Ince
Released
October 7, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781004064243

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity as an audiobook?

The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity?

The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity is narrated by Robin Ince.

Is The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.