{"product_id":"the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer-9781439107959","title":"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, adapted as a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is \"an extraordinary achievement\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)--a magnificent, profoundly humane \"biography\" of cancer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhysician, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiveting, urgent, and surprising, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of All Maladies \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiddhartha Mukherjee is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gene: An Intimate History, \u003c\/i\u003ea #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller; \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction; and \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eBest Science Writing 2013\u003c\/i\u003e. Mukherjee is an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher. A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School. He has published articles in many journals, including \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York with his wife and daughters. Visit his website at: SiddharthaMukherjee.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50616701419794,"sku":"9781439107959","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3591e751-0b7b-41c0-ac1c-1dde6a813941.jpg?v=1732509414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer-9781439107959","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}