How Long to Read Tools for Thought

How Long Does it Take to Read Tools for Thought?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Tools for Thought by Howard Rheingold

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

Description

In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay. The digital revolution did not begin with the teenage millionaires of Silicon Valley, claims Howard Rheingold, but with such early intellectual giants as Charles Babbage, George Boole, and John von Neumann. In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay. Taking the reader step by step from nineteenth-century mathematics to contemporary computing, he introduces a fascinating collection of eccentrics, mavericks, geniuses, and visionaries. The book was originally published in 1985, and Rheingold's attempt to envision computing in the 1990s turns out to have been remarkably prescient. This edition contains an afterword, in which Rheingold interviews some of the pioneers discussed in the book. As an exercise in what he calls "retrospective futurism," Rheingold also looks back at how he looked forward.

How long is Tools for Thought?

Tools for Thought by Howard Rheingold is 366 pages long, and a total of 93,696 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tools for Thought Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Tools for Thought aloud.

What Reading Level is Tools for Thought?

Tools for Thought is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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