Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2021-04-29
Jennifer Doudna & Walter Isaacson on StarTalk Radio: books mentioned
StarTalk Podcast: The Code of Life and CRISPR with Jennifer Doudna and Walter Isaacson
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson and others. Walter Isaacson discussed Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Code Breaker
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
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Brave New World
Discussed“and not only will that increase the inequality in our society it will encode it permanently in our species which would just be a eugenic horror show like brave new world of the movie gattaca we don't want that to happen”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Steve Jobs
“you've got the best-selling biographies of leonardo da vinci einstein steve jobs benjamin franklin and benjamin frank”
Passing Einstein
“you've got the best-selling biographies of leonardo da vinci einstein steve jobs benjamin franklin and benjamin frank”