~ Hardcover
~ New Release - 2021
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson (the bestselling author of Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve Jobs) returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow the human race to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
“Isaacson captures the scientific process well, including the role of chance. The hard graft at the bench, the flashes of inspiration, the importance of conferences as cauldrons of creativity, the rivalry, sometimes friendly, sometimes less so, and the sense of common purpose are all conveyed in his narrative. The Code Breaker describes a dance to the music of time with these things as its steps, which began with Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel and shows no sign of ending.” -- The Economist