The Ghost Map
a street, an epidemic and the hidden power of urban networks.
$32.09
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2008
Summary
The Ghost Map: A Tale of Terror, Science, and Urban Salvation
In 1854, London was gripped by a terrifying cholera epidemic. Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map tells the gripping story of how two unlikely heroes—Doctor John Snow, an anaesthetist, and Reverend Henry Whitehead, a clergyman—battled the disease.
Through a blend of local insight, scientific investigation, and innovative map-making, Snow and Whitehead uncovered the source of the outbreak. Their work not only h…
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: | 10 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson is the author of the acclaimed books Everything Bad is Good for You, Mind Wide Open, Emergence and Interface Culture. His writing appeared in the Guardian, the New Yorker, 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 web sites- FEED, Plastic, and Outside.in. He has 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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