The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
At 40 Broad Street, Soho, Sarah Lewis was awake tending to her feverish baby girl. As she threw a used bucket of water into the cesspool at the front of her lodgings, it marked the start of a cholera epidemic that would consume 50,000 lives. This work presents the story with ideas about how cities work, ecosystems thrive and cultures connect.
Steven Johnson is the author of the acclaimed books Everything Bad is Good for You (described as 'a must read' by Mark Thompson, head of the BBC), Mind Wide Open, Emergence and Interface Culture. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, New Yorker, Nation and Harper's, as well as the op-ed pages of The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He writes the monthly 'emerging technology' column for Discover magazine, and is a Contributing Editor to Wired. The co-founder of the award-winning websites FEED and Plastic.com, Johnson teaches at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and has degrees in Semiotics and English Literature from Brown and Columbia universities. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.Steven Johnson hosts a web log at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713999747 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713999748 |
| Title | The Ghost Map |
| Author | Steven Johnson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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