The Ghost Map The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

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Publisher's Synopsis

A thrilling account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London and a brilliant exploration of how Dr John Snow's solution revolutionised the way people think about disease, cities, science and the modern world. This is an endlessly fascinating and compelling account of the summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macro-urban-theory level, including, most importantly, the human level. A cultural critic with a poet's soul.' - The Village Voice'

Book information

ISBN: 9781594489259
Publisher: Penguin Random House Group
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 614.514
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 299
Weight: 522g
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 29mm