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What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life by Ian Stewart

What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Quentin Cooper (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Biology & Chemistrystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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  • At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life is an audiobook by Ian Stewart: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Quentin Cooper, released August 17, 2021, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Quentin Cooper
Released
August 17, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781549139864

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life audiobook?

What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

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Who narrates What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life?

What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life is narrated by Quentin Cooper.