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DNA editing revolution: miracle cures, moral dilemmas, humanity transformed.

The Code Breaker

$32.36

  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    12 May 2022

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Summary

The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns.

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 questions. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781398518605
ISBN-10:1398518603
Author:Walter Isaacson
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:12 May 2022
Weight:382g
Dimensions:34mm x 130mm x 198mm
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The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson - ISBN: 9781398518605
130 × 198 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is University Professor of History at Tulane. He has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine.

He is the author of:

  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • The Innovators
  • Steve Jobs
  • Einstein: His Life and Universe
  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
  • Kissinger: A Biography

He is also the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He and his wife live in New Orleans.

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