The Code Breaker
Read by
Walter Isaacson,
Kathe Mazur
Release:
03/09/2021
Runtime:
16h 5m
Quantity:
An AARP Magazine Editors’ Pick of Best Nonfiction Books of Winter
#1 New York Times bestseller
#1 Amazon bestseller
An Amazon Best Book of the Month selection
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2021
Finalist for the Audie Award for Best History/Biography Narration
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 genes of babies.
But what does that mean for humanity? Should we be hacking our own DNA to make us less susceptible to disease? Should we democratise the technology that would allow parents to enhance their kids?
After discovering this CRISPR, Doudna is now wrestling these even bigger issues.
THE CODE BREAKERS is an examination of how life as we know it is about to change – and a brilliant portrayal of the woman leading the way.
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 genes of babies.
But what does that mean for humanity? Should we be hacking our own DNA to make us less susceptible to disease? Should we democratise the technology that would allow parents to enhance their kids?
After discovering this CRISPR, Doudna is now wrestling these even bigger issues.
THE CODE BREAKERS is an examination of how life as we know it is about to change – and a brilliant portrayal of the woman leading the way.
Release:
2021-03-09
Runtime:
16h 5m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781398502338
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