Why people recommend it
The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson is a biographical account of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna and the revolutionary gene-editing technology that transformed modern biology. Walter Isaacson discussed the book on several podcasts, including The Diary Of A CEO and the Lex Fridman Podcast, using Doudna's life and career to illustrate collaborative leadership styles and to serve as an inspiration for young women pursuing science. Isaacson noted that Doudna experienced a sense of being a misfit during her youth in Hawaii before making groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Neil deGrasse Tyson welcomed Isaacson on StarTalk Radio to celebrate the biography hitting number one on the New York Times bestseller list, praising his work as a biographer. Furthermore, Jimmy Soni referenced the title on The Realignment while discussing the broader landscape of contemporary technology literature, highlighting how the book balances other prominent narratives in the tech and science sectors.
Who recommended it
- Walter Isaacson Discussed
- Jimmy Soni Discussed
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Discussed
Walter Isaacson — 3 mentions
“The way Jennifer Doudna, the heroine of my book The Code Breaker, the one who helped invent CRISPR technology, in her lab and in her companies, if they're going to hire somebody new, even a graduate student to be in, you know, working with the pipettes and the test tubes, they make sure the whole team meets that person.”
“Jennifer Doudna of the gene editing pioneer who helps discover CRISPR gene editing tool, which my book, "The Code Breaker," she grew up feeling like a misfit, you know, in Hawaii...”
“That's one of the reasons you write books about these people, so that if you're a young woman in a school where you're not being told to do science, and you read 'The Code Breaker' about Jennifer Doudna, you say, 'Okay, I can be that.'”
Jimmy Soni — 1 mention
“there has to be room in the world for walter isaacson's code breaker and for bad blood right”
Neil deGrasse Tyson — 1 mention
“but you've also become the biographer of jennifer doudna oh my gosh in a new book called the code breakers and i thought i'd get to you before this book sailed away it's i hit number one on the times bestseller so you don't even need this pr”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“but you've also become the biographer of jennifer doudna oh my gosh in a new book called the code breakers”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“walter is the author of best-selling biographies on leonardo da vinci einstein and steve jobs and has a new book out today which is called the code breaker jennifer doudna gene editing and the future of the human race”