How long does it take to read De Bono's Thinking Course?
De Bono's Thinking Course by Edward de Bono takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1982. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Edward de Bono shares his latest observations and insights on: • critical thinking—and how it is not inherently creative or productive • perceptions—their importance in the thinking process, and how to broaden them • the tool method—how to apply different modes of thinking to a variety of situations The revised edition also includes new exercises for de Bono's various thinking tools, including the CAF (Consider All Factors) and the AGO (Aims, Goals and Objectives), all specifically designed to hone ones thinking skills. [Quoted from the front jacket flap.]
Subjects: Cognition, Creative thinking, Reasoning, Thought and thinking, Pensée, Pensée créatrice