The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Yearsley (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Yearsley
Peter Yearsley narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 90 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
85 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2017 recording read by John Stanbridge runs 0.2 hours shorter (5 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 Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry is an audiobook by M. M. Pattison Muir: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Yearsley, released January 1, 2017, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Yearsley
- Released
- January 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry as an audiobook?
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry?
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry is narrated by Peter Yearsley.