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Alvin Toffler

1928 - 2016

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Alvin Eugene Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists. Toffler was an associate editor of Fortune magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvin Toffler has received more than 991,095 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Alvin Toffler is the 517th most popular writer (down from 404th in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from United States (down from 413th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Writer.

Alvin Toffler is most famous for his book Future Shock, which was published in 1970. The book discusses the effects of the rapid pace of technological change on individuals and society.

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  • 990k

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  • 66.51

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Future shock
Civilization, Modern
1970
Previews & premises
1983
Revolutionary wealth
2006
War and anti-war
1993
Powershift
Social Science
A study of power in the 1990s and beyond traces the shifting global power structures and describes how the very definition of power has changed in modern times
1990
The third wave
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alvin Toffler ranks 517 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred Jarry, Camille Flammarion, Gabriele Amorth, Isaac Babel, Aulus Gellius, and Tom Clancy. After him are Henry IV of Castile, Elie Wiesel, Marie-Antoine Carême, Tennessee Williams, Premchand, and Jostein Gaarder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alvin Toffler ranks 29. Before him are Alexander Grothendieck, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Shirley Temple, James Coburn, and Kim Yong-nam. After him are Elie Wiesel, Martin Cooper, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Martin Landau, Alberto Korda, and Domenico Modugno. Among people deceased in 2016, Alvin Toffler ranks 28. Before him are Prince, Abbas Kiarostami, Jerome Bruner, Nancy Reagan, Bernardo Provenzano, and Gabriele Amorth. After him are Elie Wiesel, Carrie Fisher, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Pierre Boulez, Andrzej Żuławski, and Walter Scheel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvin Toffler ranks 532 out of 20,380. Before him are Farrah Fawcett (1947), Alice Cooper (1948), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), and Tom Clancy (1947). After him are Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Tennessee Williams (1911), Ferid Murad (1936), Anthony Perkins (1932), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), and Martin Cooper (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alvin Toffler ranks 49. Before him are Jack Kerouac (1922), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Patricia Highsmith (1921), George R. R. Martin (1948), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), and Tom Clancy (1947). After him are Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), T. S. Eliot (1888), Sidney Sheldon (1917), and William S. Burroughs (1914).

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