Scan Artist: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked Audiobook (Free)

The best-known educator from the twentieth century was a scammer in cashmere. “The most famous reading instructor in the world,” as television hosts launched her, Evelyn Real wood had little class room experience, no degrees in reading teaching, and a background that included a cooperation with the 3rd Reich. However, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced her claims of a speed-reading revolution.

Journalists, lawmakers and two US presidents lent credibility to Wood’s statements of turbocharging reading rates of speed. A royal-born Real wood grad said she’d refined off Moby Dick in three hours; a senator swore he finished one book per lunchtime. Fudging test outcomes and squelching critics, Wood’s reputation endured even as science proved that her program taught only skimming, with disastrous effects on comprehension. As apps and on the web courses try to spark a speed-reading revival, this interesting take a look at Wood’s rise from missionary to marketer exposes the pitfalls of wishful thinking.