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。
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and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated.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.
文|轻禅 如今这个时代, 科技发展、医学水平的提高,人类早已经能看到肉眼看不见的微生物。一些微生物的致病原理也早已被科研者探究明白,霍乱在我们这个时代根本不是任何问题,可如果时间回到150年前,霍乱发生在英国伦敦,似乎一切就没有那么简单了。 150年前,维...
评分1854年伦敦爆发严重霍乱,当时流行的观点是霍乱是通过空气传播的,而John Snow医生研究发现,霍乱是通过饮用水传播的。研究过程中,John Snow医生统计每户病亡人数,每死亡一人标注一条横线,分析发现,大多数病例的住所都围绕在Broad Street水泵附近,结合其他证据得出饮用水...
评分 评分文|轻禅 如今这个时代, 科技发展、医学水平的提高,人类早已经能看到肉眼看不见的微生物。一些微生物的致病原理也早已被科研者探究明白,霍乱在我们这个时代根本不是任何问题,可如果时间回到150年前,霍乱发生在英国伦敦,似乎一切就没有那么简单了。 150年前,维...
评分本书书名主标题叫死亡地图,这副地图是一位名叫约翰斯诺的英国医生在1854年伦敦第四次爆发霍乱时,通过走访所有因病去世的人的详细地址并标注出来而绘制的,这副地图被称为人类历史上最有影响力的五个可视化信息图之一,毫无疑问,这幅地图是信息设计和流行病学相结合的华彩乐...
还行,就是后面废话太多
评分方法论教学的好材料
评分现在重读一遍,满分佳作!
评分挺有教育意义的,让我对原本一无所知的一段历史有了一定的了解。一些在我们今天看来觉得理所当然的理论在当时遭遇了多大的困难,科学之路是艰辛的。坚持不懈的努力和让事实(数字)说话是多么重要。另一方面,城市的爆发性增长和全球化进程是有让人担忧的理由的——气候、传染病、恐怖袭击,我们招架得住吗?
评分方法论教学的好材料
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