Book: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

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An interesting read.

"Johnson weaves in overlapping ideas about the growth of civilization, the organization of cities, and evolution to thrilling effect."

sample:
"It's not just the authorities of the day were wrong about miasma; it's the tenacious, unquestioning way they went about being wrong. An investigator looking for holes in the theory could find them everywhere, even in the writings of the miasmatists themselves."

I wonder if someone in the future will say the same the about the global-warming alarmists of today.