Walter Isaacson (Author of Steve Jobs)

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Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He is the author of 'Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu and on Twitter at @WalterIsaacson ...more

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The Code Breaker

I am excited for you all to read "The Code Breaker" on March 9. It's unlike any project I've worked on and I hope you enjoy it...I'm getting asked more and more about how I got the idea to research and write about Jennifer Doudna and gene editing, so here is some backstory on "The Code Breaker."

I remember coming back from a research trip a couple of years ago and sitting on my balcony in New Orlea Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 05, 2021 11:59 • Tags: the-code-breaker

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	Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,316,941 ratings — published 2011 — 320 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating — 145,735 ratings — published 2003 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race 4.28 avg rating — 38,995 ratings — published 2021 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution 4.12 avg rating — 38,816 ratings — published 2011 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kissinger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,892 ratings — published 1992 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made by Walter Isaacson (欧宝娱乐 Author), Evan Thomas 4.10 avg rating — 4,200 ratings — published 1986 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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