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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Omnibus)

A history of mental illness in the author's family frames this intimate history of the gene. Read by Raj Ghatak.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher, a stem cell biologist and cancer geneticist. He is also author of The Emperor of All Maladies, a biography of cancer which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, and the Guardian first book award.

He is assistant professor of Medicine at Columbia University.

Written by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Read by Raj Ghatak
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company Production for BBC Radio 4

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Mar 202101:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Jun 201609:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 26 Jun 201619:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 7 Mar 202113:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 8 Mar 202101:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra