- New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Immunogenetics, Women scientists, biography
A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what happened after CRISPR hit the marketplace.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Walter Isaacson, Kathe Mazur, Sarah Durand
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 560
- Publisher
- Blackstone Pub, Fri Tanke, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9781665910668
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“Had she grown up in any other part of America, Jennifer Doudna might have felt like a regular kid.”
Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of 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. He lives in Washington, DC. [(Source)][1] [1]: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Walter-Isaacson/697650
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