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The laws of medicine field notes from an uncertain science

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 everyone.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : TED Books, Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:	First TED Books hardcover edition.
Series:	Ted books.
Subjects:	Medicine > Philosophy.
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Summary:	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 everyone.
Physical Description:	70 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN:	9781476784847 1476784841
Author Notes:	Siddhartha Mukherjee was born in 1970 in New Delhi, India. He received an undergraduate degree in biology from Stanford University, a DPhil in immunology from Magdalen College, Oxford University, and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He is known for his work on the formation of blood, and the interactions between the micro-environment and cancer cells. His book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff physician at Columbia University Medical Center. His articles have appeared in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic. (Bowker Author Biography)