The Ghost Map

作者：史蒂芬·约翰逊是八本书的作者，涵盖科学 、技术、个人理念各个方面。他同时也是三个有影响力网站的联合创始人：在线杂志网站 FEED，荣获威比奖（Webby Awards）网站Plastic.com，以及超本地（ hyperlocal ）媒体网站 http://outside.in/ 。他是《连线》的编辑，他经常为《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《金融时报》以及其他杂志撰稿。乔森还为一些互联网相关的企业担任咨询顾问，包括Medium，Atavist，Meetup.com, Betaworks, 与 Patch.com。 他是Where Good Ideas Come From 、The Ghost Map、Future Perfect的作者。译者：熊亭玉，大学英语讲师。已出版《人类的故事》《奥兹国的滴答人》、《高老头》《神马和男孩》（以上为独译）。《孤独星球·土耳其》《孤独星球·欧洲》、《安徒生童话精选》《东南亚研究》《牛虻》等图书。韩素音翻译大赛英译汉优秀奖获得者。

出版者:Riverhead Hardcover

作者:Steven Johnson

页数:352

出版时间:2006-10-19

价格:USD 26.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781594489259

图书标签:历史疾病英文原版纪实historyEngland英文知乎

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A thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London-and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world. <br/><br/> From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life historical hero that brilliantly illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of viruses, rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry. These are topics that have long obsessed Steven Johnson, and The Ghost Map is a true triumph of the kind of multidisciplinary thinking for which he's become famous-a book that, like the work of Jared Diamond, presents both vivid history and a powerful and provocative explanation of what it means for the world we live in. <br/><br/> The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854. A devastating cholera outbreak seizes London just as it is emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Dr. John Snow-whose ideas about contagion had been dismissed by the scientific community-is spurred to intense action when the people in his neighborhood begin dying. With enthralling suspense, Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts, as he risks his own life to prove how the epidemic is being spread. <br/><br/> When he creates the map that traces the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve the most pressing medical riddle of his time. He ultimately established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment. <br/><br/> The Ghost Map is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level-including, most important, the human level.

读后感

一种致命病菌、一个大城市、两个才能卓越却迥然不同的人……提炼出来就是碰撞的恐怖一星期事件。 本书讲了一个关于瘟疫如何创造了我们今天生存的城市、世界的故事。19世纪40年代早期，23岁的德国人弗里德里希•恩格斯为帮工业家的父亲做考察踏上了神秘而不可知的路程。...  

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用户评价

透过现象看本质 比起如此有局限性的感官 用数据找原因多么重要

stories of disaster

2020疫情期间看的书，之前看了一些关于病毒和微生物的书，但是这本书在这个非常时期带给我完全不一样体验，不仅仅关于传染病，按照《a planet of virus》的说法，这是一本关于risky literacy的书，我们总是重复犯的错

我蛮喜欢的一本。由伦敦霍乱为背景，在流行疾病的恐慌下，人类是如何有效数据和合理分析是如何推动人类文明建立起了看似不可思议的系统。

还行，就是后面废话太多