Steven Johnson's TED talk about spreading of epidemics

Here's Steven Johnson's TED Talk about The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, "his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society."

[#1 posted by Anonymous, April 28, 2009 2:14 PM]

The original is with various audio and video formats.

[#2 posted by eltonbong, April 28, 2009 2:39 PM]

scary stuff!!

[#3 posted by iCowboy, April 28, 2009 3:47 PM]

A big thumbs up for the book as well. The guy writes as well as he talks and there's something extremely poignant about the personal stories Johnson's uncovered from the archives; all of a sudden it's not just a story about abstractions, but about people.

Oh and the John Snow pub in Soho is a fine place for a drink on a hot summer's day.

[#4 posted by Anonymous, April 28, 2009 6:14 PM]

This was a great book! Not scary at all; it was very heartening to see how an illness so deadly could be eradicated through research and education.

[#5 posted by Anonymous, April 29, 2009 9:50 AM]

Great article. Awesome presentation.

ALso... somehow I didn't know about Ted.