Spencer Nadler, M.D., has practiced surgical pathology for more than twenty-five years in Southern California. His essays have appeared in Harper's, The Massachusetts Review, Cross Currents, The Missouri Review, The American Scholar, and Reader's Digest. The Language of Cells is his first book.
Sensitive, often charming, always informative. . . . Moments of poignant realization abound. -The Los Angeles Times Dr. Nadler's book is rich with the revelation of self-discovery, with lessons learned through the microscope, with eloquent observations of how human life 'must transcend the lives of its cells.' -The New York Times Nadler's essays glow with intelligence and sympathy. -San Jose Mercury News Nadler takes medical narrative to a whole different level, both in his wonderful prose and in his focus on the story playing out under the lens of the microscope. -Abraham Verghese