6 You’re Not as Smart as You Could Be

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Mysterious Art of Reading 1
5. 1 A New Science 29
6. 2 The Work of the Eye 65
7. 3 Reading, Looking, and Learning in Chicago 115
8. 4 What Books Did to Readers 169
9. 5 Readability, Intelligence, and Race 207
10. 6 You’re Not as Smart as You Could Be 229
11. 7 Exploring Readers 271
12. 8 Reading Wars and Science Wars 323
13. 9 Readers, Machines, and an Information Revolution 375
14. Conclusion: Reading, Science, and History 417
15. Notes 429
16. Index 469