The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer
Mukherjee, Sidhartha
The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee. - London : Fourth Estate, 2011. - xviii+585 p. : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
"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 recount of the centuries-long conflict surrounding cancer and cancer treatments and a revelation of of how far we have come in solving one of science's greatest mysteries.
978-0-00-742805-2
Cancer -- Popular works. Cancer -- Treatment -- History. Health and Fitness
616.994 / MUK-E
The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee. - London : Fourth Estate, 2011. - xviii+585 p. : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
"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 recount of the centuries-long conflict surrounding cancer and cancer treatments and a revelation of of how far we have come in solving one of science's greatest mysteries.
978-0-00-742805-2
Cancer -- Popular works. Cancer -- Treatment -- History. Health and Fitness
616.994 / MUK-E