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The Code Breaker

By: Walter Isaacson
Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Walter Isaacson - introduction and epilogue
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 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.©2021 Walter Isaacson. All rights reserved (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Professionals & Academics Science & Technology Technology Thought-Provoking

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Frustrating at times, other times enraging, exciting, funny and nearly always, awe inspiring and thought provoking.
This is a book about humanity.

WOW

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Excellent read that delves really deep into the topic and considers different perspectives on the more devisive topics covered in the book.

Excellent in-depth read

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Brilliant book. Managed to keep my interest and understanding despite delving into some complicated biology and life sciences. (Not my area of expertise or special interest). The text covers A LOT of information on the development of the science and the many players involved in the amazing breakthroughs and achievements of structural biology, gene mapping and life science centred around RNA and CRISPR technology. It's an impressive field of work made even more impressive when someone (the author) takes the time to explain it to us. I went from practically zero knowledge to being able to understand the concept of some of these big ticket items in one book. It is impressive that the author was able to bully my brain into accepting and learning a huge amount of new information. Unfortunately, the style of reading is oddly slow. The author's introduction and epilogue is unforgivably slow. He takes so long to say what he wants to that by the end of the sentence you struggle to remember what he's talking about! The voice talent too seemed to have been told to read the text painstakingly slow. The book features some complicated explanations that perhaps benefit from a slower pace but I found this was taken to the extreme and resulted in an unlistenable track. Explanations are important but pace is required to keep the audience's attention. I found that I had to listen to it at a faster pace than the recording. This seemed to do the trick.

Brilliantly informative book read very slowly.

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Masterpiece now I need to checkout rest of the author books fascinating way of writing and topic classes to my heart and brain. Recommend anyone who is into science but also anyone who has limited knowledge about science

Amazing

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read in a monotone. Given the significance of this history why have it read like giving map directions?

Interesting story but..

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