The Ghost Map
Author | : Steven Johnson |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2008-01-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141915777 |
ISBN-13 | : 0141915773 |
Rating | : 4/5 (773 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Ghost Map written by Steven Johnson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.