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The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it.
Record details
- ISBN: 1439107955 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781439107959 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781439195703 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1439195706 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, c2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distroted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors. "Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war. |
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