The opening of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, read by Sterling. Try the other narrators below, then drop your own copy and hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Sterling
Profound, authoritative British male voice, perfect for historical documentaries, luxury brand advertisements, and educational content.
About 13.5 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang.
The story of these fundamental features of our universe is called physics.
About 300000 years after their appearance, matter and energy started to coalesce into complex structures, called atoms, which then combined into molecules.
The story of atoms, molecules and their interactions is called chemistry.
About this sample
Harari compresses 13.5 billion years into four sentences. Sterling’s authoritative documentary voice treats them with the weight a big-history book expects.
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