Ghost map

the story of London's deadliest epidemic-- and how it changed the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world

Hardcover, 299 pages

English language

Published 2006 by Penguin Group, Riverhead Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59448-925-9
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OCLC Number:
70483471

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A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that brilliantly illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of viruses, rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry. These are topics that have long obsessed Steven Johnson, and The Ghost Map is a true triumph of the kind of multidisciplinary thinking for which he's become famous-a book that, like the work of Jared Diamond, presents both vivid history and a powerful and provocative explanation of what it means for the world we live in.The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854. A devastating cholera outbreak seizes …

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Subjects

  • Cholera -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century