The Song of the Cell

Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee vividly and in accessible metaphors explains the incredible complexity of cellular interactions in the body, recounts the history of medicine, and the evolution of the perception of the human body in science: from a holistic construct to a "building" made of countless separate and independent "bricks," and to a complex system born from the dense interactions of these bricks. He discusses how understanding this very interaction holds the key to understanding our physiology and how its disruption leads to all known pathologies in science.