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Amanda Ripley
Safety & Survival
Amanda Ripley is an American journalist and author whose investigative reporting examines disasters, human responses to danger, and the science behind survival.
Biography
Amanda Ripley is an American journalist and author who has written features for Time magazine and contributes to The Atlantic. Her book The Smartest Kids in the World was a New York Times bestseller. Her reporting has included coverage of major disasters.
In The Unthinkable, Ripley investigates how people respond when disasters disrupt ordinary life. She reconstructs experiences from events including the 1917 Mont Blanc munitions ship explosion, a 1985 plane crash in England, and the evacuation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Alongside these accounts, she consults brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts to explore the science behind human reactions to danger.
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Books by Amanda Ripley
The Unthinkable
The Unthinkable investigates human responses to disasters through accounts of historical emergencies and the experiences of people who survived them. It brings these stories together with insights from brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other experts to examine fear, decision-making, and survival.