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The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson
lisade's review against another edition
4.0
The first part of the book, about the cholera outbreak, was absolutely worth reading, though I had to take breaks because of the descriptions of the ickiness of life in Victorian London. The concluding chapter felt less focused, and didn't mesh with the first part very well.
arydberg's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
ambaright's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Excrement
Moderate: Child death and Grief
gmd316's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
Read a lot like a textbook at times
ameyawarde's review against another edition
5.0
It's mind boggling how long europeans still believed in the miasma theory. It's pretty embarrassing. I knew about Snow and discovering the water-cholera connection but this gave a lot of fascinating details about how folks still fought with him because they weren't convinced (despite his excellent science work for the time) that it was the water and not miasma. I think this is an important book for people interested in the history of science and medicine, as well as urban planning (I have a degree in it and we discussed this a bit in college) and history in general.