The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scribner, Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: xiv, 571 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781439107959
  • 1439107955
  • 9781439195703
  • 1439195706
  • 9781439181713
  • 1439181713
  • 1410447154
  • 9781410447159
  • 9781439170915
  • 1439170916
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.99/4 22
LOC classification:
  • RC275 .M85 2010
NLM classification:
  • WH 11 AA1
Online resources:
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.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction, 2011.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-541) and index.

"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.

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.

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction, 2011.

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