The Emperor of All Maladies

A Biography of Cancer

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Author:

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

ISBN:

978-1-4104-4715-9

Publication Date:

Apr 2012

Publisher:

Thorndike Press

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $32.99

Book Description:

A New York Times Bestseller, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize -- Here is 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...
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Book Details

Pages:	882
Detailed Subjects:	Medical / Oncology / Leukemia & Lymphoma Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6.31 x 9.5 x 1.69 Inches

Author Biography

Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)

Siddhartha Mukherjee was born in 1970 in New Delhi, India. He received an undergraduate degree in biology from Stanford University, a DPhil in immunology from Magdalen College, Oxford University, and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He is known for his work on the formation of blood, and the interactions between the micro-environment and cancer cells. His book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff physician at Columbia University Medical Center. His articles have appeared in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic.

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