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SUMMARY:Nonfiction Book Group: The Ghost Map
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of The Ghost Map by Steven
 Johnson. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk and in our
 eLibrary.\n\nWe will meet in-person in the Reading Room. Please register if
 you would like to receive a reminder.\n\nA 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. 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. 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 outdated as soon as it's updated.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. 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. 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.\nRegistration Required: please visit the
 library calendar to register.
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CATEGORIES:Books, Reading, Writing
LOCATION:Reading Room\, Weston Public Library\, 87 School Street\, Weston\,
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