The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson

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

Steven Johnson

320 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced

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From the bestselling author of Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map vividly recreates Victorian London to show how huge populations live together, how cities can kill - and how they can save us.Steven Johnson is one of to...

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