The remarkable The Telegraph life story of legendary cardiac surgeon and scientist Magdi Yacoub an outsider who succeeded against the odds now available in paperback Veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow the remarkable life of heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub from his formative years in Egypt through spectacular success at Cairo University to his long and distinguished career in Britain. Although at times he clashed with the medical establishment in London Yacoub pioneered great advances in heart surgery. He was knighted in 1992 and in 2014 he was awarded the highest honor in the gift of the Queen the Order of Merit.Written with unprecedented access and drawing on extensive interviews and research the biography recounts how Yacoub transformed the treatment of children with congenital heart disease.