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The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition
Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!

When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson’s account of how he and Francis Crick had discovered the structure of DNA, the spiral-staircase molecule that carries the genetic instruction code for all forms of life.

This book guided Jennifer Doudna to focus her studies not on DNA, but on what seemed to take a backseat in biochemistry: figuring out the structure of RNA, a closely related molecule that enables the genetic instructions coded in DNA to express themselves. Doudna became an expert in determining the shapes and structures of these RNA molecules—an expertise that led her to develop a revolutionary new technique that could edit human genes.

Today gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR are already being used to eliminate simple genetic defects that cause disorders such as Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia. For now, however, Jennifer and her team are being deployed against our most immediate threat—the coronavirus—and you have just been given a front row seat to that race.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

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Escaping Gravity

Escaping Gravity

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The Code Breaker

The Code Breaker

Walter Isaacson

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The Code Breaker

The Code Breaker

Walter Isaacson

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Invent and Wander

Invent and Wander

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Invent and Wander

Invent and Wander

Unknown

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

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The Innovators

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson

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Kissinger

Kissinger

Walter Isaacson

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Kissinger

Kissinger

Walter Isaacson

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Kissinger

Kissinger

Walter Isaacson

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Texas Got It Right!

Texas Got It Right!

Sam Wyly, Andrew Wyly

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Texas Got It Right!

Texas Got It Right!

Sam Wyly, Andrew Wyly

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The Wise Men

The Wise Men

Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas

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The Wise Men

The Wise Men

Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

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American Sketches

American Sketches

Walter Isaacson

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Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

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Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Walter Isaacson

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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Walter Isaacson

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walter Isaacson

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