How to Read a Book -- Mortimer J. Adler, Paperback

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Author: Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 08/15/1972
Pages: 426
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.18h x 6.73w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780671212094

About the Author
Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.

Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research. He also worked for Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago.