The Ghost Map
A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.
$37.92
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2008
Summary
The paperback market remains strong. “Everything Bad is Good for You” and “Emergence” have both sold 15,000 copies.
In “Ghost Map,” Steven Johnson recounts the terrifying cholera epidemic that swept through London in 1854. He tells the story of two unlikely heroes—anesthetist Dr. John Snow and clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead—who conquered the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research, and map-making.
In exploring their extraordinary tale, Johnson…
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: | 197mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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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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