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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

bySiddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee uses The Emperor of All Maladies to investigate a Biography of Cancer through a carefully framed historical account. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and medical. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make The Emperor of All Maladies an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Scribner

Publication date

2011-08

Format

Print edition

Pages

571

ISBN

9781439170915