Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it
(2016)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
428.40711/SEIDENBERG,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, a division of PBG Publishing, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017]
DESCRIPTION
374 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780465019328, 0465019323 :, 9780465019328 (hardcover), 0465019323 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Part 1: Reading, writing, and speech: The problem and the paradox : Visible language : Writing: it's all Mesopotamian cuneiform to me : Part 2 How we read : The eyes have it : f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n rdng rsch : Becoming a reader : Reading: the eternal triangle : dyslexia and its discontents : Brain bases of reading : Part 3 The educational challenges : how well does America read? : the two cultures of science and education : reading the future