New Releases by SiddHartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee onderzoekt aan de hand van zijn eigen familiegeschiedenis - een verleden vol geestesziekte en psychische aandoeningen - de menselijke erfelijkheid en het effect ervan op onze levens, persoonlijkheden, keuzes en lotsbestemmingen. In weergaloos proza beschrijft hij het eeuwenlange onderzoek naar de erfelijkheidskwestie - van Aristoteles en Pythagoras via Mendel en Darwin tot aan de revolutionaire eenentwintigste- eeuwse vernieuwers die het menselijk genoom in kaart brengen. In 'Het gen. Een intieme geschiedenis' verweeft Mukherjee wetenschap en sociale historie met een persoonlijk verhaal, om een onthullende en magistrale geschiedenis te schrijven waarin een wetenschappelijke abstractie tot leven komt. Het boek is onmisbaar voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de morele complexiteit van de huidige wetenschappelijke mogelijkheden om het menselijk genoom te lezen en te schrijven, en voor iedereen die zich bezorgd afvraagt wat de toekomst van de mens behelst.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer-Preisträger und Autor des Bestsellers ›Der König aller Krankheiten: Krebs – eine Biographie‹, fragt sich in seinem TED Book, welchen Gesetzen die Medizin gehorcht. Diese Frage begleitete den Arzt Siddhartha Mukherjee über viele Jahre und mit der Zeit konnte er die wesentlichen Prinzipien der Medizin ausmachen und benennen. Dabei geht es beispielsweise um die wichtige Rolle der Intuition beim Erstellen von Diagnosen. Reich an faszinierenden historischen Details und Erfahrungen aus der modernen Medizin ermöglicht Mukherjees Buch uns ein ganz neues Verständnis von Medizin. Ein wichtiges Buch für Ärzte und Patienten.

Prologue: Families -- "The missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda

Prix Pulitzer de l'essai. La lutte contre le cancer est une histoire humaine : une aventure pleine de découvertes, et une célébration de la ténacité des hommes.Le besoin de connaître ce vieil ennemi est plus fort que jamais. Des premiers traitements chirurgicaux, novateurs mais brutaux, aux travaux des époux Curie sur les radiations ; de la mise au point de la chimiothérapie jusqu’au traitement des patients de l’auteur lui-même, ce livre captivant retrace un combat plusieurs fois centenaire. Dévoilant en un récit exceptionnel le chemin parcouru pour résoudre l’un des grands mystères de la science, Siddhartha Mukherjee offre un aperçu fascinant de nos progrès futurs. Siddhartha Mukherjee est cancérologue et chercheur en oncologie. Diplômé de Stanford, d’Oxford et de Harvard, il est professeur assistant à l’université Columbia et docteur au centre hospitalier de l’université. Il a publié de nombreux articles dans des revues scientifiques prestigieuses et dans le New York Times.

A Kirkus Best Book of 2016 Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative, go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it’s estimated that about 1.3 million of these cases are hereditary. Yet despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simple bad luck or a sign that they were carriers of a cancer-causing genetic mutation. Then she was diagnosed with melanoma, and for someone with a dark complexion, melanoma made no sense. It turned out there was a genetic factor at work. Using her own family’s story, the latest science of cancer genetics, and her experience as a practicing physician, Ross shows readers how to spot the patterns of inherited cancer, how to get tested for cancer-causing genes, and what to do if you have one. With a foreword by Siddartha Mukherjee, prize winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, this will be the first authoritative, go-to for people facing inherited cancer, this book empowers readers to face their genetic heritage without fear and to make decisions that will keep them and their families healthy.

This wide-ranging boxed set of ten TED Books titles covers everything from architecture to business, space travel to love: The Terrorist’s Son, The Mathematics of Love, The Art of Stillness, The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings, Beyond Measure, Judge This, How We’ll Live on Mars, Why We Work, The Laws of Medicine, and Follow Your Gut. Provocative, intelligent, and forward-thinking, the first ten TED Books is perfect for any curious reader interested in technology, design, and creative thinking. The Terrorist’s Son is the story of the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing—and the son who chose a different path. The Mathematics of Love is a must-have for anyone who wants to better understand the patterns of their love life. In The Art of Stillness, travel writer Pico Iyer reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug. The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings captures the thoughtful intelligence and the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired and future-looking buildings. Beyond Measure reveals how organizations can make huge changes with surprisingly small steps and ultimately transform their company culture. Chip Kidd’s Judge This is a playful look at the importance of first impressions—in design and in life—exposing the often invisible beauty and betrayal in simple design choices ones most of us never even think to notice. In How We’ll Live on Mars award-winning journalist Stephen Petranek makes the case that living on Mars is an essential back-up plan for humanity and will happen far sooner than we imagine. In the groundbreaking Why We Work Barry Schwartz dispels a deeply ingrained myth: The reason we work is primarily to get a paycheck. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee reveals an urgent philosophy in The Laws of Medicine on the little-known principles that govern medicine. In Follow Your Gut scientist Rob Knight and journalist Brendan Buhler explain why the microscopic life inside us matters to everyone.

Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world’s premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine—and how understanding these principles can empower us all. Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical resident, he discovered a book that would forever change the way he understood the medical profession. The book, The Youngest Science, forced Dr. Mukherjee to ask himself an urgent, fundamental question: Is medicine a “science”? Sciences must have laws—statements of truth based on repeated experiments that describe some universal attribute of nature. But does medicine have laws like other sciences? Dr. Mukherjee has spent his career pondering this question—a question that would ultimately produce some of most serious thinking he would do around the tenets of his discipline—culminating in The Laws of Medicine. In this important treatise, he investigates the most perplexing and illuminating cases of his career that ultimately led him to identify the three key principles that govern medicine. Brimming with fascinating historical details and modern medical wonders, this important book is a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and Eureka! moments that people outside of the medical profession rarely see. Written with Dr. Mukherjee’s signature eloquence and passionate prose, The Laws of Medicine is a critical read, not just for those in the medical profession, but for everyone who is moved to better understand how their health and well-being is being treated. Ultimately, this book lays the groundwork for a new way of understanding medicine, now and into the future.

Scientist and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, calls his book a biography of cancer rather than simply a history. The author explores a wide range of research, historical accounts, and personal stories in this intensive look at the back-story of cancer. This includes the evolution of cancer's nature, treatment, and the scientific and medical communities' understanding of the disease, as well as the support of the public and politicians in the crucial fight to find a cure. The author examines historical accounts of cancer, focusing mostly on events dating from the 1940s to present time. Along the way, he discusses how cancer research evolved and how the perceptions of the disease and its impact on the world changed with each account. Over time, proposed causes for cancer ran the gamut, some of which are proven to be true to this day, while others remain confined to the history books?

Traditional Chinese edition of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and shortlisted by 2011 Wellcome Trust Book Prize honoring the best writings of medicine in literature. The book is a "biography" of cancer, written by oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

"This edition includes a new interview with the author"--P. [4] of cover.

Populairwetenschappelijk overzicht van het medische onderzoek naar en de behandeling van kanker vanaf de vroegste tijden tot nu, met een vooruitblik naar toekomstige ontwikkelingen.

Trong mỗi chúng ta tồn tại hàng chục nghìn tỷ tế bào – những đơn vị nhỏ bé nhưng mang trong mình sức mạnh kiến tạo nên toàn bộ cơ thể. Nhưng đã bao giờ bạn tự hỏi: Chúng thực sự vận hành ra sao? Câu trả lời không đơn thuần nằm trong những bài giảng sinh học, mà được hé lộ sống động, sâu sắc và đầy nhân văn trong “Khúc ca của tế bào”, tác phẩm mới nhất của Siddhartha Mukherjee – một bác sĩ, nhà khoa học và cây bút tài năng từng đoạt giải Pulitzer.