The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
2010
RC275 .M85 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Author
Mukherjee, Siddhartha.
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
ISBN
9781439107959
1439107955
9781439195703 (pbk.)
1439195706 (pbk.)
1439107955
9781439195703 (pbk.)
1439195706 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Scribner, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
RC275 .M85 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.99/4
Summary
A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood the human body for millennia.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, 2011
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Table of Contents
"Of blacke cholor, without boyling"
An impatient war
"Will you turn me out if I can't get better?"
Prevention is the cure
"A distorted version of our normal selves"
The fruits of long endeavors
Atossa's war.
An impatient war
"Will you turn me out if I can't get better?"
Prevention is the cure
"A distorted version of our normal selves"
The fruits of long endeavors
Atossa's war.