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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
 
 
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Paperback)

~ Steven Johnson (Author)
Key Phrases: waterborne theory, miasma theory, cholera deaths, Broad Street, Golden Square, John Snow (more...)
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These are the 100 most frequently used words in another edition of this book.

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Text Stats
These statistics are computed from the text of another edition of this book. (learn more)
Readability (learn more) Compared with other books
Fog Index:  16.1
77% are easier
23% are harder
Flesch Index:  42.8
63% are easier
37% are harder
Flesch-Kincaid Index:  13.4
80% are easier
20% are harder
 
Complexity (learn more)
Complex Words:  16%
56% have fewer
44% have more
Syllables per Word:  1.6
56% have fewer
44% have more
Words per Sentence:  24.6
88% have fewer
12% have more
 
Number of
Characters:  400,590
51% have fewer
49% have more
Words:  65,946
51% have fewer
49% have more
Sentences:  2,683
39% have fewer
61% have more
 
Fun stats
Words per Dollar:  6,764  
Words per Ounce:  6,341  



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