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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction · 2011 · Winner
Scribnernonfictionscience-naturebiography-memoirISBN 9781439107959

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

About the Author

Siddhartha Mukherjee was born on July 21, 1970, in New Delhi, India, and is an Indian-American physician, oncologist, biologist, and author. He attended Stanford University for his undergraduate biology degree, then pursued a D.Phil. at Magdalen College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his M.D. Read more →

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