Steven Johnson - Ghost Map, The - 7
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:52 am
Ghost Map, The
Ghost Map is a very well researched, well written account of the events that took place during the 1850's London Cholera outbreak. Mr. Johnson does a great job of presenting the realities of life and death in this time period in a way that, while bleak and disgusting at times, brings the reader into his story and participate as an observer as these events unfold. It's not a pleasant book, but it is very informative and a lot of what takes place had such a huge impact on the future of society as we know it that this is also a very important book.
Kansas State University has selected this book as their common read for the 2014-2015 school year and I'm interested in seeing how much involvement we get from the students on this one. There is a lot of potential to work topics from the book into Chemistry or Biology curricula and especially into the Public Health areas on campu as well as Sociology, Urban Planning and many other areas.
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Ghost Map is a very well researched, well written account of the events that took place during the 1850's London Cholera outbreak. Mr. Johnson does a great job of presenting the realities of life and death in this time period in a way that, while bleak and disgusting at times, brings the reader into his story and participate as an observer as these events unfold. It's not a pleasant book, but it is very informative and a lot of what takes place had such a huge impact on the future of society as we know it that this is also a very important book.
Kansas State University has selected this book as their common read for the 2014-2015 school year and I'm interested in seeing how much involvement we get from the students on this one. There is a lot of potential to work topics from the book into Chemistry or Biology curricula and especially into the Public Health areas on campu as well as Sociology, Urban Planning and many other areas.
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