The Ghost Map

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Original map by Dr. John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World is a book by Steven Berlin Johnson in which he describes the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London (See 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak)- and what it means to us today, from the way we understand cities, science, disease, and the modern world. The two central protagonists are Dr. John Snow, who created a map of the cholera cases, and Reverend Henry Whitehead, whose extensive knowledge of the local community helped determine the initial cause of the outbreak.

The book was released on October 19th 2006.

[edit] See also

• 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak
• Epidemiology
• Germ theory
• Miasma theory

[edit] External links

• The Ghost Map web site
• Video of Steven Johnson talking about THE GHOST MAP
• Blog post written by Steven Johnson just after finishing the first draft of the book
• The New York Times book review

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