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ISBN-101439170916
ISBN-139781439170915
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Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEmperor of All Maladies : a Biography of Cancer
Publication Year2011
SubjectDiseases / Cancer, Civilization, General, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHealth & Fitness, Social Science, Medical, History
AuthorSiddhartha Mukherjee
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight24.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Reviews"A labor of love... as comprehensive as possible."--George Canellos, M.D., William Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, "With this riveting and moving book, Siddhartha Mukherjee joins the first rank of those rare doctor-authors who can wield a pen as gracefully as a scalpel: Jerome Groopman, Atul Gawande, Richard Selzer. A magisterial, wise, and deeply human piece of writing."--Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains, "This volume should earn Mukherjee a rightful place alongside Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Stephen Hawking in the pantheon of our epoch's great explicators."-- Boston Globe, "It's time to welcome a new star in the constellation of great writer-doctors. With this fat, enthralling, juicy, scholarly, wonderfully written history of cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee vaults into that exalted company, inviting comparisons to ... Lewis Thomas and ... Stephen Jay Gould." -Washington Post, "Sid Mukherjee's book is a pleasure to read, if that is the right word. Cancer today is widely regarded as the worst of all the diseases from which one might suffer -- if only because it is fast becoming the most common. Dr. Mukherjee explains how this perception came about, how cancer has been regarded across the years and what is now being done to treat its protean forms. His book is the clearest account I have read on this subject. With The Emperor of All Maladies, he joins that small fraternity of practicing doctors who can not just talk about their profession but write about it."--Tony Judt, author of Postwar and Ill Fares the Land, "Siddhartha Mukherjee has done something that should not have been possible: he has managed, at once, to write an authoritative history of cancer for the general reader, while always keeping the experiences of cancer patients in his heart and in his narrative. At once learned and skeptical, unsentimental and humane,The Emperor of all Maladies is that rarest of things--a noble book."--David Rieff, author of Swimming in a Sea of Death, "Rarely have the science and poetry of illness been so elegantly braided together as they are in this erudite, engrossing, kind book. Mukherjee's clinical wisdom never erases the personal tragedies which are its occasion; indeed, he locates with meticulous clarity and profound compassion the beautiful hope buried in cancer's ravages."--Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon, "The Emperor of All Maladies beautifully describes the nature of cancer from a patient's perspective and how basic research has opened the door to understanding this disease." --Bert Vogelstein, Director, Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University, "This volume should earn Mukherjee a rightful place alongside Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Stephen Hawking in the pantheon of our epoch's great explicators."- Boston Globe, "It's hard to think of many books for a general audience that have rendered any area of modern science and technology with such intelligence, accessibility, and compassion. The Emperor of All Maladies is an extraordinary achievement." -The New Yorker
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal616.99/4
SynopsisSelected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, adapted as a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is "an extraordinary achievement" ( The New Yorker )--a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with--and perished from--for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer." The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer., Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies 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 biographer's passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with--and perished from--for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer." The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. From the Persian Queen Atossa, whose Greek slave may have cut off her diseased breast, to the nineteenth-century recipients of primitive radiation and chemotherapy to Mukherjee's own leukemia patient, Carla, The Emperor of All Maladies is about the people who have soldiered through fiercely demanding regimens in order to survive--and to increase our understanding of this iconic disease. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
LC Classification NumberRC275
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- 22. Jul. 2016
If you have been diagnosed with cancer you should read this
I was diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer two years ago, treated in the Fall of 2014 and am still here to tell about it. Siddhartha is a brilliant writer and has written a book that explains this disease in terms that even I, with a 6th grade education can understand. I have learned more about Cancer from this book than any other source. Brilliant writer who can communicate with the average citizen, a must read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 28. Mai. 2019
History has a bias and this author's is abundantly clear.
If it wasn't so clearly biased, it had the potential of being truly compelling. This book is supposed to be a history of racism. The bias is so clear it's hard to credit what he presents as fact. Some of what he wrote is accurate from my knowledge but where he goes astray is the sense he seems to have that race is the predominant ethic/motivation of all of western, white (of course American) history. It would have been so much more effective if he'd been able to place race and racism in perspective to the rest of the history of the times he speaks to. If you are going to present a history as comprehensive, it has to cover it all, not just the parts that make your case.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 17. Okt. 2018
Breathtaking
I enjoy this book so much I try to stretch reading for longer. Anyway, it has such strong stories I would recommend not more than one chapter per dayBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Okt. 2017
Lots of interesting historical info that is not difficult to digest. I am just halfway through the book but definately glad I got it.
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- 28. Sep. 2020
Great Book and an Easy Read
Usually, scientific books are a hard read....that is not the case for this book. It was incredibly informative, yet real like a biography. Great, easy read of a book!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Mär. 2017
Very interesting book
Read this, but don't forget that there are many things not included hereBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 12. Feb. 2020
Great read for people going into medical field.
Fascinating short stories of actual patients dealing with cancer. It goes into to the history in great detail. Great read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 16. Dez. 2023
A must read!
An important overview of the future of cancer treatments. Fine medical journalism offers hope as well as information.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Mär. 2018
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very interesting.. bogged down a few times, but worth the readBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 16. Mai. 2023
Heartfelt & educational
Great book! Heartfelt & educational as well. A must read for anyone.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
