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

基本信息出版社:Penguin (2008年1月31日)平装:320页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141029366条形码:9780141029368产品尺寸及重量:19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm ; 241 gASIN:0141029366

商品描述内容简介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.作者简介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 appeared in the Guardian, the New Yorker, Nation and Harper's, as well as the op-ed pages of The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU's School Of Journalism, and a Contributing Editor to Wired. He is also the co-creator of several influential web sites: FEED, Plastic, and Outside.in. He has degrees in Semiotics and English Literature from Brown and Columbia Universities. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three sons. Steven Johnson hosts a web log at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com