The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained: Audiobook
Part of Big Ideas
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leighton Pugh
Leighton Pugh narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,436 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,666 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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 Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is an audiobook by DK: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released December 3, 2019, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- December 3, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- Series
- Big Ideas
- ISBN
- 9780744023619
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained as an audiobook?
The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained?
The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is The Science Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.