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About Siddhartha Mukherjee
See more books from this Author...looks optimistically to the future when the Human Genome Project completes “The Cancer Genome Atlas,” which will become “a compendium of every gene mutated in the most common forms of cancer.” An inspiring account of a very personal battle against “the plague of our generation.”
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from KirkusMukherjee's formidable intelligence and compassion produce a stunning account of the effort to disrobe the "emperor of maladies."
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from Publishers WeeklyMukherjee stitches stories of his own patients into this history, not always smoothly.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from NY Times“The Emperor of All Maladies” is at its most honest in describing the push-pull dynamics of scientific progress.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from NY Times...his intensely vivid and precise descriptions of biological processes accumulate into a character, fully developed and eerily familiar. The notion of "popular science" doesn't come close to describing this achievement. It is literature.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from GuardianDr. Mukherjee has brought these two fields together and forged an amazing, definitive, intelligent book.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from NY Journal of BooksPerhaps it is his own feeling for the disease that makes this Pulitzer prize-winning book so readable...
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from Guardian...his intensely vivid and precise descriptions of biological processes accumulate into a character, fully developed and eerily familiar.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from GuardianDr. Mukherjee respects his enemy— cancer is "our desperate, malevolent, contemporary doppelgänger," he says...The stories of his patients consume him, and the decisions he makes about their care haunt him.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from WSJ onlineThough Dr. Mukherjee has a storyteller's flair and a gift for translating complex medical concepts into simple language, he occasionally reverts to jargon so dense—especially in describing key discoveries in cancer genetics—that the lay reader may feel overwhelmed. Yet "The Emperor of All Maladies" is well worth wading into...
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from WSJ online...an amazing, definitive, intelligent book.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from NY Journal of Books...the book is beyond doubt well researched and written....
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from Globe and MailA biography without an ending by the author’s own admission, The Emperor Of All Maladies does provide a tempered hope for advances in understanding that will fuel future discoveries.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from AV ClubAligning medical trends with public policies...is Mukherjee’s key brushstroke, adding texture to his portrait of medical derring-do.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from AV ClubThreaded throughout, and propelling the narrative forward, are the affecting tales of Mukherjee’s own patients.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...To this impressive combination of the personal and the encyclopedic, Mukherjee further adds a great deal of detailed (at times overly so) explanations and analyses of research...
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from National Post arts...shines a focused beam of light on a disease that has become our human shadow, so closely does it live beside us.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from LA TimesDe-mystifying the disease, rendering the science accessible, and wearing respect for the patients uppermost, The Emperor of All Maladies is the book that many will have been waiting for. This elegantly written overview allows us to look a once whispered-about illness squarely in the eye.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ......not an easy read, especially for the British eye. Its scientific explanations are interposed awkwardly and its pages spattered with abbreviations...The book is unashamedly American in origin, spelling and statistics.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...Ending on a somber note, Mukherjee describes the failure to cure a recurrent stomach cancer, underscoring that the riddle of cancer remains unsolved.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ......an ambitious scientific, political, and cultural history of the disease...Mukherjee is judicious in his assessment of historical anti-cancer efforts.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...The Emperor of All Maladies is a riveting, thought-provoking, and enlightening work that deserves to become an instant classic.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ......Mukherjee tells a compulsively readable, surprisingly uplifting and vivid tale.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...As a cancer physician, Mukherjee is perfect for this job.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...As long as there are doctors and researchers who are as thorough and articulate as Dr. Mukherjee, there is reason to hope. And if any one of them is also a terrific writer, our great grandchildren will be fortunate indeed.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ......this book abundantly documents, billions upon billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of lab experiments and patient trials and therapies, have been expended to combat it, and will continue to be...As for the present, this remarkable book will be our best guide.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ... | See more reviews from National Post artsThis is a book that everyone should pick up, in order to understand this vicious disease and what has been, is being, and can be done to halt its rampage. I hope that Mukherjee continues to write books, as clearly, treating cancer patients is not his only talent.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...I cannot think of a single section of “The Emperor of All Maladies” that failed to excite my interest and curiosity. Best of all, Mukherjee walks the line of intellectual and easily understandable with grace and ease.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...The Emperor of All Maladies is quite readable, but it is thick, with Mukherjee documenting all his research and diving deep into DNA, RNA, cellular biology, and biochemistry. It's a book for laymen, but laymen with a fairly good grasp of, and serious interest in, science.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...If you read one non-fiction book this year, read The Emperor of All Maladies. It's a fascinating suspenseful story of a disease that we will all be touched by at some time in our lives - directly or indirectly. It is in us, it is us. We should know it.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...Cancer is our normal body functions turned inside out and made virulent – and immortal. It’s a surprisingly fascinating read which has really enhanced my understanding of everything to do with cancer. I’d highly recommend The Emperor of All Maladies to almost anyone.
Read Full Review of The Emperor of All Maladies: ...Overall, I think this book is a daunting read, but a worthy one. I think in our lifetimes cancer will affect all of us, whether from the disease in our own bodies or that of a loved one. While our understanding of the disease is far from complete, The Emperor of All Maladies gives us a small window of understanding.
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