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A panoramic history of the cell

Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Song of The Cell is a beautifully crafted exposition of the author's own lifelong fascination with the subject

The Song of The Cell: An Exploration Of Medicine And The New Human
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The Song of The Cell: An Exploration Of Medicine And The New Human

Devangshu Datta
The Song of The Cell: An Exploration Of Medicine And The New Human
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 576
Price: Rs 799

The cell is one of the key building blocks of life, and our understanding of medicine, chemistry and the biosciences in general revolves around our understanding of cells, and the ways in which we’ve learnt to manipulate them using techniques such as DNA-sequencing and gene editing. The Song of the Cell is a panoramic ride through the history of the cell or, rather, through the history of our scientific interactions with the cell.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is uniquely qualified to write about