It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Mood Genes by Samuel H. Barondes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Mood Genes, leading psychiatrist and biological researcher Samuel B arondes answers these questions in a way that renders a complex subjec t both exciting and understandable. Focusing on manic depressive illne ss, which affects about one percent of the population and has long bee n known to run in families, Barondes describes the fascinating hunt fo r genes--called mood genes--that influence the inherited vulnerability to severe mood disorders. He builds the compelling story of this hunt on the histories of two families riddled with manic-depression, expla ining what it means to have an inherited predisposition to a severe mo od disorder, how to find the mood genes that are responsible, and what will happen as mood genes are found.
Mood Genes by Samuel H. Barondes is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Mood Genes aloud.
Mood Genes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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