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The Ghost Map

A Street, An Epidemic And The Hidden Power Of Urban Networks.

by Steven Johnson
language: english
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, January of 2008 ‧
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Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making.

The Ghost Map

A Street, An Epidemic And The Hidden Power Of Urban Networks.

by Steven Johnson

Property Description
ISBN: 9780141029368
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Release Date: January of 2008
Language: English
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 18 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 320
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > Story
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780141029368

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson was born 37 years ago and has lived in New York for 16 years. With degrees in Semiotics and English Literature, he has distinguished himself as one of the leading scholars of digital technology. He recently settled in Brooklyn, where, as he says in his... blog (www.stevenberlinjohnson.com), if they are changing all the writers cokm children. Has two children and is expecting his third boy.
He is a cultural critic and professor at New York University, distinguished himself as a newspaper columnist The New York Times newspaper and The Wall Street Journal and from the magazines The New Yorker and Harper MagazineKnown for his controversial writing style, he has four published books, and another will be released in the American market in October. The Ghost MapHe was recently in Lisbon to launch Everything Bad Turns Out to Be Good (Paper Moon).

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