The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Henry Leyva (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Henry Leyva
Henry Leyva narrates 66 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 585 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
194 Biology & Chemistry 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 Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery is an audiobook by Sam Kean: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Henry Leyva, released May 6, 2014, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Henry Leyva
- Released
- May 6, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781478953715
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery as an audiobook?
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery?
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery is narrated by Henry Leyva.
Is The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.