Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, and The Laws of Medicine. He is the editor of Best Science Writing 2013.

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s THE GENE: An Intimate History is his latest work – the story of the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans, that governs our form, function, and fate and determines the future of our children.

Mukherjee is an assistant 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 Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and Cell. He lives in New York with his wife and daughters.

Photograph © Deborah Feingold

  • General Nonfiction, Biologist
  • 1970
  • Male
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    Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

    What if the oldest enemy wasn’t a beast—but a part of you? In this Pulitzer-winning epic, Siddhartha Mukherjee chronicles humanity’s millennia-long duel with cancer—a shape-shifting monarch that has ruled through fear, survived countless wars, and whispered promises of immortality. From ancient surgeries to cutting-edge breakthroughs, the battle rages with equal parts genius and desperation. But as we edge closer to victory, a haunting question remains: Will we ever truly conquer a foe that evolves… from our own cells?

    • Originally Published: 2011
    • Publisher : Fourth Estate, 2011
    • Genre: science
    • Pages: 586
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN-13: 978-0007250929
    • Access: Members