How Long to Read Jungle Laboratories

How Long Does it Take to Read Jungle Laboratories?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Jungle Laboratories by Gabriela Soto Laveaga

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass-produce synthetic steroid hormones. Barbasco spurred the development of new drugs, including cortisone and the first viable oral contraceptives, and positioned Mexico as a major player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Yet few people today are aware of Mexico’s role in achieving these advances in modern medicine. In Jungle Laboratories, Gabriela Soto Laveaga reconstructs the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and...

How long is Jungle Laboratories?

Jungle Laboratories by Gabriela Soto Laveaga is 346 pages long, and a total of 88,576 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jungle Laboratories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Jungle Laboratories aloud.

What Reading Level is Jungle Laboratories?

Jungle Laboratories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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