by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson chronicles Jennifer Doudna and the race to develop CRISPR gene-editing technology. The story raises urgent questions about who should control the power to rewrite the code of life.
In this collection, The Code Breaker references 2 other books and is cited by 1 other book.
It draws on Steve Jobs and Einstein.
It’s picked up by Elon Musk.
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Isaacson references Steve Jobs in The Code Breaker.
Isaacson connects Doudna's curiosity to Einstein's.
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Books with the highest citation overlap within the same categories.
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3 shared citations
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
2 shared citationsElon Musk
Walter Isaacson
2 shared citationsElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance
2 shared citationsCreativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull
1 shared citation
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