Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2021-04-29
Books mentioned on StarTalk Podcast: The Code of Life and CRISPR with Jennifer Doudna and Walter Isaacson
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Code Breaker
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.
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”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel explores a futuristic society conditioned through technology, pharmacological pleasure, and strict social stratification.
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”
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”