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The Emperor of All Maladies (Reprint) (Paperback) by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"This edition includes a new interview with the author"--P. [4] of cover.Book Synopsis
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is "an extraordinary achievement" (The New Yorker)--a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee 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, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer." The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.Review Quotes
"This volume should earn Mukherjee a rightful place alongside Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Stephen Hawking in the pantheon of our epoch's great explicators."--Boston GlobeDimensions (Overall): 9 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.5 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.34 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 573
Genre: History, Medical, Health + Wellness
Sub-Genre: Oncology, Nursing / Oncology + Cancer, History, Diseases / Cancer, Civilization
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Language: English
Street Date: August 9, 2011
TCIN: 13608540
UPC: 9781439170915
Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-0031
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 9.25 inches length x 6.25 inches width x 1.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.45 pounds
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