The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer


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by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Author)

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Synopsis of The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer

A Comprehensive History Of Cancer - One Of The Greatest Enemies Of Medical Progress - And An Insight Into Its Effects And Potential Cures, By A Leading Expert On The Illness. In The Emperor Of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Doctor, Researcher And Award-Winning Science Writer, Examines Cancer With A Cellular Biologist'S Precision, A Historian'S Perspective, And A Biographer'S Passion. The Result Is An Astonishingly Lucid And Eloquent Chronicle Of A Disease Humans Have Lived With - And Perished From - For More Than Five Thousand Years. The Story Of Cancer Is A Story Of Human Ingenuity, Resilience And Perseverance, But Also Of Hubris, Arrogance And Misperception, All Leveraged Against A Disease That, Just Three Decades Ago, Was Thought To Be Easily Vanquished In An All-Out 'War Against Cancer' . Emperor Of All Maladies Is About The People Who Have Soldiered Through Toxic, Bruising, And Draining Regimes To Survive And To Increase The Store Of Human Knowledge. Riveting And Magisterial, The Emperor Of All Maladies Provides A Fascinating Glimpse Into The Future Of Cancer Treatments And A Brilliant New Perspective On The Way Doctors, Scientists, Philosophers And Lay People Have Observed And Understood The Human Body For Millennia. About The Author Siddhartha Mukherjee M.D., Ph.D., Is A Cancer Physician And Researcher. He Is An Assistant Professor Of Medicine At Columbia University And A Cancer Physician At The Cu/Nyu Presbyterian Hospital. A Rhodes Scholar, He Graduated From Stanford University, University Of Oxford, And From Harvard Medical School And Was A Fellow At The Dana Farber Cancer Institute And An Attending Physician At The Massachusetts General Hospital And Harvard Medical School. He Lives In New York With His Wife And Daughter.

Product details

  • Pages: 512
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Published: 25/Nov/2010
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780007428052
  • Category: Biography & Autobiography

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good book

Reviewed by Sun. Posted on: 28/11/2011

this is a very good book

 

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