The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks. [Format Kindle] Author: Steven Johnson | Language: English | ISBN:
B002RI9VNU | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Présentation de l'éditeur
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 also explores a whole world of ideas and connections, from urban terror to microbes, ecosystems to the Great Stink, cultural phenomena to street life. Re-creating a London full of dirt, dust heaps, slaughterhouses and scavengers, Ghost Map is about how huge populations live together, how cities can kill – and how they can save us.
Biographie de l'auteur
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 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 influential 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. Steven Johnson hosts a web log atwww.stevenberlinjohnson.com
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This book was EXCELLENT!! Lots of historical personal accounts about Cholera in London---they didn't have any water sewer treatment plants or vaccines for it so it killed THOUSANDS of people. Steven Johnson writes in an easy dialogue and it is written smoothly so that you can understand the sequence of events. If you like historical information about London or diseases, this is definately for you.
Par K. Wilhelm
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The Ghost Map was a very enjoyable read when it was dealing with the historical data but was cumbersome when it dealing with futuristic ideas as it read like a dissertation.
Par ladbroke1
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