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How to Read a Book：The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

内容简介

HowtoReadaBook,originallypublishedin1940,hasbecomeararephenomenon,alivingclassic.Itisthebestandmostsuccessfulguidetoreadingcomprehensionforthegeneralreader.Andnowithasbeencompletelyrewrittenandupdated.Youaretoldaboutthevariouslevelsofreadingandhowtoachievethem--fromelementaryreading,throughsystematicskimmingandinspectionalreading,tospeedreading,youlearnhowtopigeonholeabook,X-rayit,extracttheauthor'smessage,criticize.Youaretaughtthedifferentreadingtechniquesforreadingpracticalbooks,imaginativeliterature,plays,poetry,history,scienceandmathematics,philosophyandsocialscience.Finally,theauthorsofferarecommendedreadinglistandsupplyreadingtestswherebyyoucanmeasureyourownprogressinreadingskills,comprehensionandspeed.

作者简介

MortimerJeromeAdler(December28,1902–June28,2001)wasanAmericanphilosopher,educator,andpopularauthor.AsaphilosopherheworkedwithintheAristotelianandThomistictraditions.HelivedforthelongeststretchesinNewYorkCity,Chicago,SanFrancisco,andSanMateo,California.HeworkedforColumbiaUniversity,theUniversityofChicago,EncyclopædiaBritannica,andAdler'sownInstituteforPhilosophicalResearch.Adlerwasmarriedtwiceandhadfourchildren.CharlesLincolnVanDoren(bornFebruary12,1926)isanAmericanintellectual,writer,andeditorwhowasinvolvedinatelevisionquizshowscandalinthe1950s.HeconfessedbeforetheUnitedStatesCongressthathehadbeengiventhecorrectanswersbytheproducersoftheshowTwentyOne.

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