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

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Auteur:	Johnson, Steven
Titel:	Ghost Map A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.
Uitgever:	Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:	9780141029368
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 20.13
Verschijningsdatum:	31-01-2008
Bericht:	Leverbaar

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	History of medicine
Geogr.gebied:	London, Greater London
Periode:	c 1800 to c 1900
Dewey code:	614.4942109034

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	320
Hoogte mm.:	197
Breedte mm.:	129
Dikte mm.:	19
Gewicht gr.:	238

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Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making.