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- Page Count 496
- Publication Year 2022
- Publisher Scribner
- ISBN-13 9781982117351
The Song of the Cell
Archival Summary & Scope
Acclaimed as a *New York Times* Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by *The Economist* and *Oprah Daily*, *The Song of the Cell* is the latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee (*The Emperor of All Maladies*, *The Gene*). Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award and Chautauqua Prize, this masterful work embarks on the extraordinary story of the cell.Mukherjee, a physician and researcher, chronicles the cell's journey from its 17th-century discovery by Robert Hooke and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek to its revelation as the fundamental unit of life and disease. Blending cutting-edge research with "gorgeous prose" (*Oprah Daily*), he illuminates how understanding cells has revolutionized medicine, leading to groundbreaking cellular therapies and offering a profound new vision of what it means to be human.
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