The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker

Walter Isaacson

560 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science reflective medium-paced
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In 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA.Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questio...

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