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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2010

Popular Science · ranked #8 in category

A 'biography' of cancer across centuries of struggle to understand it; a Pulitzer-winning epic of medicine.

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Category
Popular Science
First published
2010 · 2010s
Author
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Standing
Recommended

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