The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix runs 15.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Donald Corren (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.1 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 |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.1 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Donald Corren
Donald Corren narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,481 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
687 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 Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix is an audiobook by Howard Markel: a 15.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Donald Corren, released September 21, 2021, on the World and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Donald Corren
- Released
- September 21, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781705046876
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix as an audiobook?
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix runs 15.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.
Is The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix?
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix is narrated by Donald Corren.
Is The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5 hours.