A Deadly Wandering - A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of

Drawing on cutting-edge scientific findings regarding human attention, a Pulitzer Prize-winning technology reporter examines the impact of technology on our lives through the story of Utah college student Reggie Shaw, who killed two scientists while texting and driving. 150,000 first printing.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Matt Richtel is a reporter at the New York Times. He received the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a series of articles about distracted driving that he expanded into his first nonfiction book, A Deadly Wandering, a New York Times bestseller. His second nonfiction book, An Elegant Defense, on the human immune system, was a national bestseller and chosen by Bill Gates for his annual Summer Reading List. Richtel has appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air, CBS This Morning, PBS NewsHour, and other major media outlets. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matt Richtel, Richtel Matt
• Verlag: William Morrow
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.06.2015
• EAN: 9780062284075
• ISBN: 978-0-06-228407-5
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 24 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie > Theoretische Psychologie; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie; FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: BIG IDEAS, PHILOSOPHY: SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY, COMPOSITION & WRITING: COMPOSITION, SCIENCE: Philosophy & Social Aspects, COMPOSITION & WRITING: BIG IDEAS & SMART NONFICTION, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN HISTORY & SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Social Aspects, SCIENCE: Cognitive Science, SOCIOLOGY: COMPUTERS & SOCIETY, COMPUTER SCIENCE: GENERAL