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.

About the author

MATT RICHTEL is a health and science reporter at the New York Times. He spent nearly two years reporting on the teenage mental-health crisis for the paper’s acclaimed multipart series Inner Pandemic, which won first place in public-health reporting from the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism and inspired his book How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence. He received the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a series of articles about distracted driving, which 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.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Richtel, Richtel Matt
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.06.2015
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology
• EAN: 9780062284075
• ISBN: 978-0-06-228407-5
• Pages: 416
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.3 x 2.4 cm
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