This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity audiobook runs 4.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Scott-Barbour (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neil Scott-Barbour
Neil Scott-Barbour narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 15 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
175 World 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
This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity is an audiobook by David Christian: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Scott-Barbour, released May 18, 2018, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Scott-Barbour
- Released
- May 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781945213946
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity audiobook?
This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is the This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity audiobook free?
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Who narrates This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity?
This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History: The Story of the Universe and History of Humanity is narrated by Neil Scott-Barbour.