The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barry Abrams (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
767 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life is an audiobook by Jonathan F. P. Rose: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Barry Abrams, released February 28, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barry Abrams
- Released
- February 28, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781515988946
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life as an audiobook?
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life?
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life is narrated by Barry Abrams.
Is The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.