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Language
English
Description
A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Spurred by a personal tragedy, America's foremost documentarian is tackling cancer. Ken Burns examines cancer with a cellular biologist₂s precision, a historian's perspective, and a biographer's passion. The series artfully weaves three different films in one: a riveting historical documentary; an engrossing and intimate verite film; and a scientific and investigative report.
Author
Publisher
Taurus
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
"En que punto nos encontramos en nuestra batalla contra el cáncer y cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí? De que forma ha ido cambiando nuestra imagen de esta enfermedad y como ha influido esa evolución en la propia trayectoria del mal? Estamos ganando o perdiendo la guerra contra el cáncer? Esta magistral obra, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, responde a estas preguntas partiendo de una reciente consideración: el cáncer no es sólo un fenómeno médico....
Author
Publisher
Dell Laurel-Leaf
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, she died ten yers later of the "A-bomb disease". Through her courageous battle against the disease, she turned paper cranes into an international symbol of peace and became the inspiration for a monument to memorialize the many children struck down by the bomb. Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of the Atomic Bomb disease....
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