Every book Dr. Alex Marson recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Dr. Alex Marson

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   The Case Against Perfection

   Michael J. Sandel · Recommended · 1 episode

   The Case Against Perfection by Michael J.

   Recommended

   “There's another book that I I would I would recommend here that I read years ago and I actually I'm probably overdue to go back and and reread this. This predates CRISPR technology, but there's a Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel who years ago wrote a short book called The Case Against Perfection.”

   Huberman Lab Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer With the Immune System | Dr. Alex M… 2026-03-09 Listen at 2:08:32

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   The Emperor of All Maladies

   Siddhartha Mukherjee · Recommended · 1 episode

   The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of cancer that traces the disease from its earliest historical mentions through modern scientific efforts to cure it.

   Recommended

   “If anyone's really interested, I would highly recommend the this book The Emperor of All Maladies, which is a which is really a biography of cancer as a disease and talk about I mean, the long history of going back as far as there's records of tumors of various kinds and and the misery associated with that.”

   Huberman Lab Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer With the Immune System | Dr. Alex M… 2026-03-09 Listen at 31:20

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

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