new jersey geographer » John Snow http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Wed, 09 May 2012 13:03:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Steven Johnson giving a brief talk on John Snow’s map http://njgeo.org/2009/04/29/steven-johnson-giving-a-brief-talk-on-john-snows-map/ http://njgeo.org/2009/04/29/steven-johnson-giving-a-brief-talk-on-john-snows-map/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:57:31 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=158 Continue reading →]]> Steven Johnson, author of The Ghost Map, gave a 10 minute talk at TED on the 1854 cholera outbreak in London.

Steven Johnson’s take on the outbreak is an amazing read. If you have just a passing interest in geography or disease control, you’ll enjoy this book.

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