Episode · EconTalk · 2020-03-23
Books mentioned on Azra Raza on The First Cell
Author and oncologist Azra Raza talks about her book The First Cell with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Raza argues that we have made little progress in fighting cancer over the last 50 years.
Russ Roberts discussed The First Cell by Azra Raza. Azra Raza discussed MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville and Candide by Francois Voltaire.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The First Cell
The First Cell by Azra Raza is a profound and critical examination of modern cancer research, medical ethics, and the urgent need to fundamentally change how society detects and treats the disease.
Discussed“her book is the highly acclaimed the first cell”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is an epic American novel that chronicles the obsessive, self-destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the giant white whale that maimed him.
Discussed“I'll tell you that my one of my most favorite fiction books of all times is of course Moby Dick by Melville”
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Candide
Candide by Francois Voltaire is a classic philosophical novella that satirizes blind optimism and societal absurdities through the endless misfortunes of its protagonist.
Discussed“just I think that small terrors is in Candide is is that also liveness does he say that - so the Voltaire wrote Candide as a parity of life”
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