The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why Ripley AmandaPaperback
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why Ripley AmandaPaperback Discover how human beings react to danger-and what makes the difference between life and deathToday, nine out of…
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The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why Ripley AmandaPaperback
Discover how human beings react to danger-and what makes the difference between life and deathToday, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. How will we react? Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families.
Will we be heroes or victims?In her quest to answer these questions, award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley traces human responses to some of recent history's epic disasters, from the explosion of the Mont Blanc munitions ship in 1917-one of the biggest explosions before the invention of the atomic bomb-to the journeys of the 15,000 people who found their way out of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. What will it feel like? To understand the science behind the stories, Ripley turns to leading brain scientists, trauma
When Disaster Strikes