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Rebel Cell - Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life (Paperback)
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Rebel Cell - Cancer, Evolution and the Science of Life (Paperback)
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List price R318
Loot Price R290
Discovery Miles 2 900
You Save R28 (9%)
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'A lively study of the Big C, which makes the case that cancer is
the price we pay for our marvellously complicated bodies.' The
Times, best books of 2020 'This book is packed with big ideas about
life. Every chapter has something in it which made me think wow.
Having worked in a major cancer charity for many years, Arney
writes with genuine in-depth understanding and is a perfect guide.'
Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure 'Rebel Cell is a
bright, engaging read, fizzing with energy and metaphor. Kat Arney
is a science writer for all of us - a powerful and talented story
teller.' Stephen McGann 'Kat's book is Dynamite. A crystal clear
reappraisal of the story behind that word we fear to mention.'
Dallas Campbell, author of Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to
Leaving the Planet Cancer has always been with us. It killed our
hominid ancestors, the mammals they evolved from and the dinosaurs
that trampled the ground before that. Tumours grow in pets,
livestock and wild animals. Even tiny jelly-like Hydra - creatures
that are little more than a tube full of water - can get cancer.
Paradoxically, many of us think of cancer as a contemporary killer,
a disease of our own making caused by our modern lifestyles. But
that's not true. Although it might be rare in many species, cancer
is the enemy lurking within almost every living creature. Why?
Because cancer is a bug in the system of life. We get cancer
because we can't not get it. Cancer starts when cells revolt,
throwing off their molecular shackles, and growing and dividing out
of control in a shambolic mockery of normal life. This is why we
can't avoid cancer: because the very genes that drive it are
essential for life itself. The revolution has raged, on and off,
for millions of years. But it was only in the twentieth century
that doctors and scientists made any significant progress in
understanding and treating cancer, and it's only in the past few
decades that we've finally begun to kick the mob's malignant arse.
Now the game is changing. Scientists have infiltrated cancer's
cellular rebellion and are finally learning its secrets. Geneticist
and science writer Kat Arney takes the reader back to the dawn of
life on planet earth right up to the present day to get to the
heart of what cancer really is and how by better understanding it
we might one day overcome it.
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