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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Oncologist Mukherjee's Pulitzer-winning 'biography' of cancer, tracing the disease and humanity's fight against it from ancient surgery to modern molecular medicine. A Hacker News standout for making a hard science narrative both rigorous and deeply human.
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#22 on the all-time Hacker News books list.
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Recommended on Gates Notes.
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“Incredible story interleaving the histories of chemotherapy, mastectomies, radiation, tobacco, and so much more. The pulitzer prize is well deserved. Highly recommended.”
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