The Song of the Cell: The Story of Life (Paperback)

Brilliant ... medical magic ... written with compassionate warmth and humour - Daily Telegraph

Wonderfully ambitious... Cell biology is complex and as big a topic as life itself; I'm not sure a writer could cover it better - The Times

If you are not already in awe of biology, The Song of the Cell might get you there. It is a masterclass - Guardian

Vast, important ... optimistic - Mail on Sunday

Some of the writing in The Song of the Cell is so lovely that you can get caught up in its music - New York Times

A confident, timely - and most importantly, biologically precise - exploration of what it means to be human - Observer

Part mystery, part adventure story, The Song of the Cell is an irresistible foray into the frontiers of medical science [and] a reminder of the power of human ingenuity that is likely to leave readers both enlightened and hopeful. - Jennifer Egan, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning A Visit from the Goon Squad

A passionate, expert guide ... Mukherjee's ambition has once again paid off, creating an encyclopaedic exploration of how we got to this point - and sketching out the questions we must ask about the future - Financial Times

A remarkable achievement - a fascinating and highly readable crash course on the complexities of cellular physiology and of life itself - New Statesman

For anyone who wants to understand the building blocks of their own bodies - which everyone surely should - this is an informative and entertaining introduction - Economist

All of us will get sick at some point. All of us will have loved ones who get sick. To understand what's happening in those moments - and to feel optimistic that things will get better - it helps to know something about cells, the building blocks of life. Mukherjee's latest book will give you that knowledge ... Mukherjee, who's both an oncologist and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, brings all of his skills to bear in this fantastic book - Bill Gates

Deeply researched, The Song of the Cell is an extraordinary journey through the history of discovery to the most innovative cellular medicine practiced today and the promise of what lies ahead. - Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate Physiology or Medicine 2001

Audacious...mesmerizing...reliably engaging... Mukherjee enthusiastically instructs and... delights - all the while hustling us across a preposterously vast and intricate landscape - Wall Street Journal

An extraordinarily gifted storyteller... The author's ideas about the near future of medicine are both convincing and inspiring. This is another winner from Mukherjee. - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review*

A lively, personal, detailed, often moving account of the cell in medical history and its promise in the present - Heromag

A lively, thought-provoking book... Mukherjee comes across not only as a brilliant researcher but also as a deeply empathetic human being - Literary Review

A masterclass in cell function that will leave you in awe of biology - Suzanne O'Sullivan, Guardian

This complex portrait illuminates cells' roles in immunity, reproduction, sentience, cognition, repair and rejuvenation - Nature

One of the most admired doctors in the world - The Times

A tour d'horizon of cell theory... part history lesson, part biology lesson and part reminder of how science itself actually proceeds - Economist, Books of the Year*

Brilliant - The Times

This complex portrait illuminates cells' roles in immunity, reproduction, sentience, cognition, repair and rejuvination, malfunctions such as cancer, and treatments such as blood transfusions, drawing on author Siddhartha Mukherjee's varied experience as an immunologist, stem-cell scientist, cancer biologist and medical oncologist - Nature

The book is, at root, a call for a more integrated biology ... What gives The Song of the Cell its persuasiveness in calling for that new vision is precisely that it comes from a clinician steeped in the traditions of genomic and cell biology, and who has seen both the power and limitations of those approaches to produce actual cures - Lancet

What truly elevates the book are Mukherjee's accounts of his experiences as a clinician and the stories of the patients he has encountered. Some are moving, and all are reflective and insightful - Philip Ball, Lancet