How Long to Read The Drug Hunters

How Long Does it Take to Read The Drug Hunters?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Drug Hunters by Donald R. Kirsch

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

Description

The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter. The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity— by chewing, brewing, and snorting—some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the five-thousand-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze-age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings. Nowadays, Big Pharma...

How long is The Drug Hunters?

The Drug Hunters by Donald R. Kirsch is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Drug Hunters Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read The Drug Hunters aloud.

What Reading Level is The Drug Hunters?

The Drug Hunters 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.

Where Can I Buy The Drug Hunters?

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