The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Elstob (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
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| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Elstob
Mark Elstob narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,680 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
4,893 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Jonathan Beville runs 1.7 hours longer (11.6 hours).
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 Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius is an audiobook by Patchen Barss: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Elstob, released November 28, 2024, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Elstob
- Released
- November 28, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781004180271
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius as an audiobook?
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius?
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius is narrated by Mark Elstob.