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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2018-05-03

Books mentioned on Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast)

1 book · With Jennifer Doudna, Dalton Conley, Jason Fletcher · Listen

A breakthrough in genetic technology has given humans more power than ever to change nature. It could help eliminate hunger and disease; it could also lead to the sort of dystopia we used to only read about in sci-fi novels.

Stephen Dubner discussed A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. A Crack in Creation

    Jennifer A. Doudna; Samuel H. Sternberg · at 9:20

    A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A.

    Discussed
    “She wrestles with all this in a book she co-wrote with another CRISPR researcher, Samuel Sternberg. It's called A Crack in Creation.”
    Stephen Dubner Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) 2018-05-03
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Genome Factor
“And I'm the co-author of The Genome Factor.”
Speaker Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) 2018-05-03
Passing The Genome Factor
“He's an economist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and he's Conley's co-author on The Genome Factor.”
Stephen Dubner Evolution, Accelerated (Rebroadcast) 2018-05-03
Link to this list from the episode’s show notes

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