Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Sleep (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Sleep
Jonathan Sleep narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 530 hours in all.
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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
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History is an audiobook by Stephen Jay Gould: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Sleep, released April 11, 2023, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Sleep
- Released
- April 11, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9798765090725
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History audiobook?
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History?
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History is narrated by Jonathan Sleep.
Is Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.