Emperor of All Maladies

Informationen zum Autor Siddhartha Mukherjee M.D., Ph.D., is a cancer physician and researcher. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician at the CU/NYU Presbyterian Hospital. He has published articles in Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Neuron, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, The New York Times, and The New Republic. He lives in New York with his wife and daughter. Klappentext Paperback edition of the history of cancer, from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles to cure, control and conquer it, to a radical new understanding of its essence. 'The notion of 'popular science' doesn't come close to describing this achievement. It is literature.' "Observer" Zusammenfassung 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

Product details

• Authors: Siddharta Mukherjee, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Mukherjee Siddhartha
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9780007250929
• ISBN: 978-0-00-725092-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Fourth Estate
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Krebs (Krankheit), Medizin : Geschichte, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Popular medicine and health, MEDICAL / Oncology / General, cure for cancer cancers