The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arthur Morey (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 1,009 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Arthur Morey
Arthur Morey narrates 401 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,630 hours in all.
About as long, on the Astronomy & Physics shelf
96 Astronomy & Physics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry is an audiobook by Steve Nadis and Shing-Tung Yau: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Arthur Morey, released October 1, 2019, on the Astronomy & Physics and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arthur Morey
- Released
- October 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Astronomy & Physics, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781094029740
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry as an audiobook?
The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry?
The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry is narrated by Arthur Morey.
Is The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.