Books by Kat Arney
“Arney is a geneticist and science writer, and I would say that Rebel Cell is more a biography of cancer than The Emperor of all Maladies. The book is also very much in line with my own perspective on cancer. We both build on a fundamental evolutionary understanding of life, but whereas Arney goes deeper with regard to cancer biology, I aim to explain cancer in a broader medical, philosophical, and societal context. Rebel Cell explains how cancer is fundamentally related to multicellularity. We are multicellular organisms, and our bodies have not evolved to live forever: they are temporary vessels to propagate the germ cells and, more specifically, the genes to the next generation. In terms of evolutionary biology, that is why we get cancer.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Kat Arney were recommended
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee -
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande -
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When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi -
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Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution and the New Science of Life
by Kat Arney -
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Stories of Cancer and Hope
by Kevin Donaghy
The best books on Cancer, recommended by Jarle Breivik
The best books on Cancer, recommended by Jarle Breivik
Many of us view cancer as an enemy that we have to fight and look forward to the day it is eliminated by modern medicine. But that’s not going to happen, says Jarle Breivik, a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo. He argues for a more realistic approach to cancer as a fundamental part of life and what it means to be human.
