Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Title:
Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Summary:
Compares the thought processes and actions of survivors and nonsurvivors in deadly situations, presenting case studies and discussing neurological and psychological research and ancient texts on survival; and lists twelve steps most survivors take in life-and-death situations as well as trying situations in everyday life.
Edition:
New edition.
Contents:
Look out, here comes Ray Charles -- Memories of the future -- A map of the world -- A gorilla in our midst -- The anatomy of an act of God -- The sand pile effect -- The rules of life -- Danger zones -- Bending the map -- Inside the right stuff -- "We're all going to fuckin' die!" -- A view of heaven -- The sacred chamber -- A certain nobility -- The day of the fall.
Physical Description:
xxi, 318 pages ; 21 cm
Subject Term:
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company,
Publication Date:
2017
ISBN:
9780393353716
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Call Number:
613.6 GONZALE