المكتبة

The Ghost Map

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

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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.

رقم الISBN 9780141915777
تصنيفات تاريخ و عمارة مصر
رقم الطلب مكتبة الكونجرس RC133G6 J64 2008
الوصف 299 pages:illustrations, maps;24 cm.
سنة الإصدار 2008
مراجع ببليوغرافية؟ نعم
اسم الناشر Pengui Books
سنة النشر 2008
مكان النشر London
اللغة English
هل هو سلسلة؟ لا

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