Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.7
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4327
Points per Word
0.000231
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.025
Series
Mission: Science Biographies
Description
This biography examines the life and accomplishments of Hippocrates, a Greek doctor who transformed medicine by taking it into the realm of science rather than superstition and established medicine as a profession, setting high standards for physicians.