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The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.

By Steven Johnson

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2008
ISBN
0141029366, 9780141029368
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6620837 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2012-06-05 09:05:47

Description

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.

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