**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023**
A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the dawn of life itself, every being that has ever lived owes its existence to the cell.
'Will leave you in awe' Guardian
The discovery of this vital form led to a transformation in medicine but also in our understanding of ourselves - not as bodies or machines but as ecosystems. It has also given us the power to treat a vast array of mortal maladies...and even to create new kinds of human altogether.
Rich with stories of scientists, doctors and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is a stunning ode to the building blocks of life and the cutting-edge science harnessing their power for the better.
'Profound...As big a topic as life itself' The Times
'Medical magic' Daily Telegraph
'Vast...important...optimistic' Mail on Sunday
A profound, human history of biology's most vital idea.
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies comes a sweeping exploration of the cell - the building block of all living things. In The Song of the Cell, Siddhartha Mukherjee traces how centuries of scientific endeavour and discovery, from early microscopes to stem-cell therapy, have transformed medicine and our understanding of what it means to be alive.
Woven through this history are stories of patients, scientists, and personal insight. As Mukherjee shows, the cell's music is the song of life itself - complex, adaptive, and full of wonder. Essential reading for fans of popular science and the history of medicine.
Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023
A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Will leave you in awe' Guardian
'Profound... as big a topic as life itself' The Times
