The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Winchester (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 179 hours in all.
- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
- The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary
- The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
- Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
About as long, on the World shelf
1,151 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
- The History of the Vikings: Norse Sagas, Medieval Marauders, and Far-flung Settlements
- The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
- The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
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 Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology is an audiobook by Simon Winchester: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Winchester, released January 13, 2004, on the World and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Winchester
- Released
- January 13, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780060746070
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology as an audiobook?
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology?
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology is narrated by Simon Winchester.
Is The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.