The Emperor of All Maladies
Siddhartha Mukherjee is the bestselling author of The Gene: An Intimate History, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, The Laws of Medicine, and The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. He is the 2013 Best Science Writing editor. Mukherjee is a cancer specialist and researcher who works as an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University. He attended Stanford University, the University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School as a Rhodes Scholar. Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker have all published articles by him.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, investigates cancer with the precision of a cellular biologist, the perspective of a historian, and the passion of a biographer. The result is an astoundingly clear and evocative account of a sickness that humans have lived with—and died from—for over 5000 years.
Cancer is a story of human inventiveness, endurance, and tenacity, but it is also a story of arrogance, paternalism, and misinterpretation. Mukherjee narrates centuries of discoveries, losses, successes, and deaths as seen through the eyes of his ancestors and peers, honing their wits against an infinitely resourceful opponent that was considered to be easily conquered in an all-out "war against cancer" just three decades ago. The novel reads like a literary thriller, with cancer as the main character.
The Emperor of All Maladies is a riveting, urgent, and startling look into the future of cancer therapy. It is an enlightening book that offers hope and clarity to anyone wanting to understand cancer. It is regarded as one of the best books on cancer.
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography-Cancer/dp/1439170916/
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Best Sellers Rank: #8,691 in Books
#1 in Lung Cancer (Books)
#1 in Leukemia (Books)
#1 in Oncology (Books)
