{"product_id":"9780141029368-the-ghost-map","title":"The Ghost Map","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.\u003cbr\u003eTells 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Bad is Good For You\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Johnson's \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Map \u003c\/i\u003evividly recreates Victorian London to show how huge populations live together, how cities can kill - and how they can save us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Steven Johnson is one of today's most exciting writers about popular culture, urban living and new technology. In \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Map\u003c\/i\u003e he 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In telling their extraordinary story, Steven 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A wonderful book'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A thumping page-turner'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Enthralling . vivid and gripping'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Exhilarating'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'It is a rattling scientific mystery, but in the hands of Steven Johnson it becomes something much richer . a vast, interconnected picture about urban and bacterial life . it is difficult to do justice to the exuberance of Johnson's ideas'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteven Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the acclaimed books \u003ci\u003eEverything Bad is Good for You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMind Wide Open\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere Good Ideas Come From,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmergence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInterface Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the op-ed pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU's School Of Journalism, and a Contributing Editor to \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943022604385,"sku":"9780141029368","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32336121.jpg?v=1737187093","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141029368-the-ghost-map","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}