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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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85
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Readers
83/100Critics
80/100Scholars
94/100Author:
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
October 25, 2022
Presenting revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, the author draws on his own experience as a researcher, doctor, and prolific reader to explore how the discovery of cells created a new kind of medicine based on the therapeutic manipulation of cells.
What The Reviewers Say
Guided by Mukherjee’s granular narration...I was repeatedly dazzled by his pointillist scenes, the enthusiasm of his explanations, the immediacy of his metaphors. But I also found myself wondering where we were going. What kind of organism might these smaller units add up to? What was the shape of the story he set out to tell?.
An engaging formula. He tells a vivid story...and relates it to the broader science. Mukherjee writes lucid sentences dense with metaphors as pedagogical tools.
... a comprehensive account of basic biology, alongside a history of the many great minds that have helped us to see beyond widespread misconceptions to scientific truth.
... [Mukherjee] completes a trilogy of doorstopper-length biological showstoppers.
