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and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated.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.
正如书名所言,这本书讲述的是1854年爆发的伦敦瘟疫如何重塑今天的城市和世界,其中共有四个主角,即一种致命病菌、一个大城市以及两个才能卓越的人, 在正文之前,作者引用了本雅明《论历史哲学》中的一段话,讲的是克利一幅名为“新天使”的画作。本雅明写道:“这就是人们心...
评分 评分 评分 评分故事很简单,讲了英国历史乃至全球历史上惊人的霍乱。 病菌从一个小女孩开始,她不幸夭折后,她的妈妈把她用过的脏水倒在了下水道,于是,病菌通过下水道的砖缝,渗入了饮水系统中。导致成千上万人相继死去。 维多利亚时代的英国伦敦,到处是污水和粪便、垃圾,那个时候的伦...
You wish the author would stay put in building a narrative about that one Victorian cholera outburst instead of offering upbeat lectures on urbanism cancel out by paranoid fear of terrorism.
评分我蛮喜欢的一本。由伦敦霍乱为背景,在流行疾病的恐慌下,人类是如何有效数据和合理分析是如何推动人类文明建立起了看似不可思议的系统。
评分stories of disaster
评分这本书本身不难,挺好读的,但是毕竟写得是1854年的英国,难免会引用那个时候的报刊,文学作品,一旦这种时候,我就会很痛苦。所以短期内不会挑战狄更斯的作品了。
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?
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