The Ghost Map
A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.
$38.24
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2008
Summary
Strong and steady paperback market: Everything Bad is Good for You and Emergence have both sold 15000 copies.
In Ghost Map, Steven Johnson tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes – anaesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead – who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research, and map-making.
In telling their extraordinary story, Johnson al…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141029368 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141029366 |
| Author: | Steven Johnson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson is the author of the acclaimed books Everything Bad is Good for You (described as a ‘must read’ by Mark Thompson, head of the BBC), Mind Wide Open, Emergence, and Interface Culture.
His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Nation, and Harper’s, as well as the op-ed pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU’s School Of Journalism and a Contributing Editor to Wired. He is also the co-creator of several influential websites: FEED, Plastic, and Outside.in.
He holds degrees in Semiotics and English Literature from Brown and Columbia Universities. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three sons.
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