The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Book Overview

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize The Emperor of All Maladies, now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439107955
• ISBN13: 9781439107959
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Well done!

Anyone interested in new medicine and certainly anyone dealing with the disease themselves or with a loved one should read this book.