El mapa fantasma, de Steven Johnson

The ghost map by Steven Johnson, translated and published in Spanish in 2020, is a fiction based on real events that recounts one of the deadliest outbreaks of cholera in the city of London in 1854 and how several scientists worked together to find its cause and prevent future epidemics. Through det...

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Auteur principal: Alejo Castañeda, Ramsés
Format: Online
Langue:espagnol
Éditeur: El Colegio de México A.C. 2024
Accès en ligne:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/2212
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Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos

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Résumé:The ghost map by Steven Johnson, translated and published in Spanish in 2020, is a fiction based on real events that recounts one of the deadliest outbreaks of cholera in the city of London in 1854 and how several scientists worked together to find its cause and prevent future epidemics. Through detailed narration of the events and characters involved, Johnson presents a fascinating story about the scientific research and spatial analysis techniques that emerged during that critical moment in the history of medicine and public health.