A review by shareen17
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

4.0

Basically, this book is about how two men came together in Victorian London to answer the question of how cholera is spread. That by itself is pretty interesting, considering they were working with very little information, and were putting in a crazy amount of work just for the sake of knowledge and helping others -no one was paying them. What the author really does well though is bring together information from numerous fields to explain the time and place in a coherent and compelling way, and relate their work to problems faced today. With in-depth descriptions of both cholera and the sewage systems of Victorian London, this book is not for those with weak stomachs.