From the Publisher
“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
“Better than just a history or scientific rundown of cancer, Kat Arney presents a philosophy for how to think about cancer.”
—Zach Weinersmith, coauthor of Soonish and creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
“Kat Arney is a science writer for all of us—a powerful and talented storyteller.”
—Stephen McGann, author and actor on Call the Midwife
“A crystal clear reappraisal of the story behind that word we fear to mention. If you want to know your enemy, read this book. A myth-busting masterclass in science writing.”
—Dallas Campbell, science broadcaster and author of Ad Astra
“Forget magic bullets and much-hyped miracle cures; to improve the chances of cancer patients we need revolutionary new thinking. And that new thinking, Arney forcefully argues, is evolutionary . . . This lively, scholarly, and accessible book should be essential reading for oncologists the world over and powerfully demonstrates that nothing in biology, cancer included, makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
—Laurence D. Hurst, director of the Milner Centre for Evolution and president of the Genetics Society
“Kat Arney does it again: taking the complex and making it easy to grasp, demystifying the mysterious, asking the right questions and finding the surprising answers—and all with rollicking good humor and bonhomie. The war on cancer would itself be far more advanced if its practitioners knew how to communicate with us and each other as well as Kat does in this mind-thrilling page turner.”
—Mark Stevenson, futurist and author of We Do Things Differently: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World
