Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Dawkins sees off Darwin in vote for most influential science bookA public poll to mark 30 years of the Royal Society book prizes sees The Selfish Gene declared the most significant – with women authors left on the margins
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Wellcome science book prize goes to story of a heart transplantMaylis de Kerangal’s Mend the Living, which tracks the journey of a heart from donor to recipient, is only the second novel to take the £30,000 award
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Wellcome book prize reveals longlist for 2017 awardVal McDermid, chair of this year’s judges, hails a selection that crosses divide between arts and sciences
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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee review – intriguing and entertainingDespite flaws, this lively and accessible history of the gene and its implications for the future is bursting with complex ideas
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‘Literature about medicine may be all that can save us’A new generation of doctor writers is investigating the mysteries of the medical profession, exploring the vital intersection between science and art
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The Guardian first book award: 16 years of talent-spottingAs nominations for 2015 open, it’s a good time to remember that the prize isn’t just the sum of its winners but of all the shortlisted stars of the future
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Sarah Sze: 'I want people to stop and look at my art'The New York artist explains the importance of dramatic tension in her intricate work, writes Vanessa Thorpe
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The science of poetry, the poetry of scienceRuth Padel: Both depend on metaphor, which is as crucial to scientific discovery as it is to lyric
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: 'A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it'
How, exactly, do you go about writing a prize-winning book about cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee, who has just won the Guardian First Book award for The Emperor of All Maladies, explains
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Biography of cancer wins Guardian First Book awardSiddhartha Mukherjee's 'remarkable and unusual' study, The Emperor of All Maladies, beats four novels to the £10,000 prize
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Guardian First Book award shortlist: Siddhartha MukherjeeSiddhartha Mukherjee introduces The Emperor of All Maladies
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Cancer biography competes with four novels on Guardian First Book award shortlist
Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies up against quartet of novels for £10,000 prize
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The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee – reviewSiddhartha Mukherjee's masterly 'biography of cancer' makes for a great story, as well as an important history of scientific progress, writes Sarah Boseley
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Out in paperback: October non-fiction
Nicholas Wroe: Drugs wars, ballet and music lead this month's non-fiction titles, alongside biographies of cancer and 'lesser lives', from Siddhartha Mukherjee and Michael Holroyd
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee – review
This magnificent study of cancer suggests that, for all medicine's advances, we cannot beat a disease that is a distorted version of ourselves, says Alexander Linklater
Let's talk: a conversation special Siddhartha Mukherjee meets Henry Marsh: ‘When do you stop treating a patient? At 100?’