Book · 2006 · Physicians
The Ghost Map
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Um and the the the first one is uh my book The Ghost map which is actually the despite the fact that it's about chera is actually the best selling of all my books um I think it part because it has this kind of detective story structure.
The best things said about it
I think it was called ghost map and uh and interestingly towards the end of the book he Lo the the author in an otherwise excellent book started talking about these smart cities where you know.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
Why people recommend it
Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map investigates the devastating 1850s cholera outbreak in London through a gripping, detective-style narrative. The author discussed the book himself on multiple podcasts, noting on The Book Review in July 2024 that the historical work felt tragically timely again given modern events. On How I Write in February 2004, Johnson explained that despite tackling cholera, it became his bestselling book largely because of its day-by-day chronological structure. In the same interview, he mentioned how researching the book allowed him to explore themes of waste recycling and urban crowding when cities rapidly grew to millions of residents. The book also resonated outside of author interviews. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast in March 2003, Michael Yon referenced reading the book during a wide-ranging conversation about historical pandemics, smart cities, and globalist infrastructures. Listeners frequently discover the text through these recommendations because it bridges public health history with urban planning, offering an engaging narrative about how a major metropolis confronted a devastating crisis through grassroots detective work, spatial mapping, and scientific collaboration that forever changed modern epidemiology and urban infrastructure management.
Every mention
Steven Johnson um and the the the first one is uh my book The Ghost map which is actually the despite the fact that it's a… 3
“um and the the the first one is uh my book The Ghost map which is actually the despite the fact that it's about chera is actually the best selling of all my books um I think it part because it has this kind of detective story structure”
“when I was writing ghost map I had uh a theme about waste recycling and you know just how a city deals with basically human excrement which is like the major problem when suddenly you've grown to like two million people in the space of 50 years or whatever”
“this book is kind of closest to a book I wrote many years ago called the ghost map about the Cera outbreak in London in the 1850s which is now tragically kind of timely again”
Michael Yon I think it was called ghost map and uh and interestingly towards the end of the book he Lo the the author i… 1
“I think it was called ghost map and uh and interestingly towards the end of the book he Lo the the author in an otherwise excellent book started talking about these smart cities where you know”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote this book called The Ghost map and so I would often start off just to figure out where Bard was today I be like hey let's talk about Stephen Johnson's book The Ghost map”
“so in the early days when Bard first came out um internally i w i i was kind of at home my rest of my family was skiing this was like a year ago yeah and I was just like okay this is our new model I got to test it I figure out everything and so one things I”
“then current book again is enemy of all mankind a true story of piracy power and history's first Global Manhunt it's by Steven Johnson author of many books including the very timely ghost map”