The Song of the Cell :The Story of Life
The Song of the Cell :The Story of Life
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Published:
14 September, 2023
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Description
A profound, human history of biology’s most vital idea.
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies comes a sweeping exploration of the cell – the building block of all living things. In The Song of the Cell, Siddhartha Mukherjee traces how centuries of scientific endeavour and discovery, from early microscopes to stem-cell therapy, have transformed medicine and our understanding of what it means to be alive.
Woven through this history are stories of patients, scientists, and personal insight. As Mukherjee shows, the cell’s music is the song of life itself – complex, adaptive, and full of wonder. Essential reading for fans of popular science and the history of medicine.
Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023
A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘Will leave you in awe’ Guardian
‘Profound… as big a topic as life itself’ The Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781529111781 |
| ISBN10 | 1529111781 |
| Number Of Pages | 496 |
| Item Weight | 402 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 198 x 33 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Brilliant ... medical magic ... written with compassionate warmth and humour * Daily Telegraph *
Wonderfully ambitious... Cell biology is complex and as big a topic as life itself; I'm not sure a writer could cover it better * The Times *
If you are not already in awe of biology, The Song of the Cell might get you there. It is a masterclass * Guardian *
Vast, important ... optimistic * Mail on Sunday *
Some of the writing in The Song of the Cell is so lovely that you can get caught up in its music * New York Times *
A confident, timely - and most importantly, biologically precise - exploration of what it means to be human * Observer *
Part mystery, part adventure story, The Song of the Cell is an irresistible foray into the frontiers of medical science [and] a reminder of the power of human ingenuity that is likely to leave readers both enlightened and hopeful. * Jennifer Egan, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning A Visit from the Goon Squad *
A passionate, expert guide ... Mukherjee's ambition has once again paid off, creating an encyclopaedic exploration of how we got to this point - and sketching out the questions we must ask about the future * Financial Times *
A remarkable achievement - a fascinating and highly readable crash course on the complexities of cellular physiology and of life itself * New Statesman *
For anyone who wants to understand the building blocks of their own bodies - which everyone surely should - this is an informative and entertaining introduction * Economist *
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Author's Bio
Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of The Song of the Cell; The Gene: An Intimate History, a #1 New York Times bestseller; 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. 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. In 2023, he was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has published articles in many journals, including Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker.
Visit his website at: SiddharthaMukherjee.com