The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson. Published in March 2021 by Simon & Schuster, it is a biography of Jennifer Doudna, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing.[1]
On March 22, 2021, Isaacson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss the book.[2]
The book debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending March 13, 2021.[3]
In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called it a "vital book about the next big thing in science—and yet another top-notch biography from Isaacson."[4]
Publishers Weekly called it a "gripping account of a great scientific advancement and of the dedicated scientists who realized it."[5]
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