The divine proportion -- Act II -- The slave market -- The catalogue aria -- Sister morphine -- Was Picasso smart? -- A series of vignettes, which turn to melodrama -- Gutenberg's folly -- The age of innocence -- Canal Street
Summary
Joshua Cody was about to receive his PhD from Columbia University when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. He underwent six months of chemotherapy. The treatment failed. Expectations for survival plummeted. After consulting with several oncologists, he embarked on a risky course of high-dose chemotherapy, full body radiation, and an autologous bone marrow transplant