The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Walter Dixon (about 6.6 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 |
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 10 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Walter Dixon
Walter Dixon narrates 308 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,447 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
5,607 Non-Fiction 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 Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet is an audiobook by Robert M. Hazen: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Walter Dixon, released June 19, 2012, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Walter Dixon
- Released
- June 19, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781469000923
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet as an audiobook?
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet?
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet is narrated by Walter Dixon.
Is The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.