The son of an attorney and a schoolteacher, gates entered harvard in the fall of 1973, only to drop out two years later to found microsoft. Bill gates is giving this book to college grads for free fortune. Bill gates giving free copies of factfulness to college. Bill gates took to twitter last night to offer some advice to new college graduates and recommend them some summer reading. The billionaire cofounder of microsoft has called it one of the most important books ive ever read an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the. Bill gates is giving 2018 college grads his favorite new book for free. Bill gates is giving 2018 college grads his favorite new. Bill gates is giving a free ebook to spring 2018 college grads. He became the richest person in the world a title hes. Todays blog shares correspondence from bill gates, who has decided to present 2018 college graduates with a free gift. Bill gates is giving a book to all us college graduates forbes.
Specifically, a copy of the better angels of our nature, by harvard. The 29 free college textbooks bill gates is giving away. If you are graduating from college this spring, bill gates wants to give you his favorite book of 2018. Bill gatess book list for students and college graduates. Why is bill gates giving this book to graduates of us universities. After two years at the elite university, gates left in 1975 to start microsoft with paul allen. Hes also a voracious reader, and he recommended a surprising book to graduates. In his book, bill gates talks about how feelgood, politicallycorrect teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Bill gates is giving one of his favorite books to every 2018 college graduate in the united states. Bill gates is giving this book to college grads for free. Pinker makes a persuasive argument that the world is getting better, that we are living in the most peaceful time in human history, the billionaire cofounder of. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think. Bill gates is a business mogul, a billionaire and a philanthropist. Bill gates is giving away one of his favorite books to. Though he dropped out of harvard, gates said, my view is that as long as theres a scarcity of college graduates, a college degree will be quite valuable. Bill gates is giving all 2018 college grads his new favorite bookfor free. This summer, the software billionaire is set to give a copy of the late hans roslings factfulness to every student graduating from a us college.
Bill gates gives 2018 college grads his favorite new book. Bill gates message on life for recent high school and college graduates, here is a list of 11 things they did not learn in school. Bill gates took to twitter to offer college grads life advice. Since stepping down as microsofts chief executive in 2000, bill gates has seen his reputation transform from that of a hardnosed businessman intent on shutting out the competition which produced comparisons to oil magnate john d. Rockefeller to that of a wise, inspiring philanthropist seeking to solve some of. Bill gates is giving college grads free downloads of hans. Bill and melinda gates are giving away free college textbooks. Bill and melinda gates did not start a web site to give away free textbooks to every college student for every college course. He believes it so much, hes promised to cover the cost of one book for the entire class of 2018. Ten reasons were wrong about the worldand why things are better than you think, is, according to gates, one of the most important books ive ever read an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world. Its one of gates favorite books, and in 2018, he gave away a downloadable copy to anyone who graduated from college. If youre with a campus bookstore or school and looking for print copies of openstax textbooks, we offer several print options to meet your needs. In a series of tweets spotted by business insider, gates is offering that advice.
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If avid reader bill gates could give every member of the class of 2017 a graduation present, it would be, fittingly, a book. If i could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this the most inspiring book ive ever read, gates tweeted. Bill gates is giving away copies of his favorite book of. He agreed with the authors that the steep price of a higher education will come down once the market is flooded with graduates. Published by flatiron books, a division of macmillan, in april of this year, this book could not be a more timely recommendation. Bill gates gives a book to every us student graduating in. The email i received yesterday immediately below spells it all out, but recent graduates from usw can download for free if they act within the next 72 or so hours a book that bill gates has identified as the most influential book he has read this year. Bill gates is giving this one free book to college graduates. The book, factfulness by hans rosling, is available for free download for college grads from gates blog. Bill gates favorite book he wants every college grad to read. Bill gates says this is the book every college grad needs to read. In case that glowing endorsement wasnt enough, gates is taking his love of the book one step further and giving it away as a gift to everyone graduating from college this spring. The book delves into human tendency to incorrectly guess global trends.
If youre graduating college this spring, bill gates has a free gift for you. Bill gates is giving away one of his favorite books to american college grads who ask the microsoft cofounder says factfulness has especially useful insights for anyone whos about to. Rosling was a swedish statistician, physician, and global health advocate, who wrote the book to combat the attack against facts by illuminating the ten human tendencies that. Specifically, a copy of the better angels of our nature, by harvard psychology professor steven pinker. The harvard crimson called him harvards most successful dropout the rest of the world just calls him ridiculously rich. Bill gates book recommendation for graduates simplemost. Ten reasons were wrong about the world and why things are better than you think. Bill gates is gifting all college grads one of his favorite books of the year, hans roslings factfulness. Bill gates gives a book to every us student graduating in 2018. Bill gates values optimism just as much as we do which is why hes giving away this book to american college grads for free. Bill gates giving free copies of factfulness to college graduates.
Microsoft founder bill gates observes jefferson high school students kimberly barretto, left, yeisy rodriguez and shahrzad museau during a chemistry class wednesday 1192011. Bill gates is giving away one of his favorite books. You might have heard that bill gates is giving a book to every person graduating college in the u. Bill gates is giving a book to all us college graduates.
Published in april, the book lays out roslings argument that the world is actually in a much better state than we think. The billionaire recently announced that hes giving away free downloads of the book factfulness by the late globalhealth expert hans rosling. Microsoft cofounder bill gates has a gift for anyone graduating from a college or university in the united states this spring. Bill gates says this is the most important book for college grads to read. Bill gates gifts copies of book factfulness to college. Microsoft cofounder bill gates has a thoughtprovoking present for you. If you graduated from a us college this year, bill gates is giving you a book he loves for free. Well let you know when we make updates or release new textbooks.
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This book looks at college costs in the context of the larger economy, and offers suggestions for policy to increase access. On tuesday, the billionaire microsoft cofounder and philanthropist said hell pick up the tab for all us. A book on the history of human violence has shot up amazon after bill gates described it as the most inspiring book hes ever read. These 5 books are so good, they kept me up reading long past. More and more intellectuals and academics are noticing the prohibitive cost of higher education. Bill gates is gifting this to every college graduate. Billionaire bill gates is giving a copy of factfulness, by hans rosling, to every u.
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College graduates this spring need to step up and bring their critical thinking caps to the party. Bill gatess book list for students and college graduates quartz. Bill gates is giving his favorite book to every 2018 graduate. This is the one book bill gates says new graduates should. Now, hes giving away one of those five his favorite book of the year so far to this years college. Bill gates is giving this book to all college graduates. The book can be downloaded for free by anyone receiving an associates, bachelors, or post graduate degree in the u. Bill gates has some words of advice in the form of a gift for 2018 college graduates. According to bill gates, its a compendium of statistics. But this year, the microsoft cofounder is hoping to spread his love of books by granting college graduates a free copy of one book that can prove beneficial according to gates. Bill gates may be a college dropout himself, but hes still hit up for advice quite a bit from college graduates. Bill gates gift to all us college graduates this spring. Here are the books every recent graduate really needs to. Bill gates says this is the book every college grad needs.