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Doudna has her own memoir, "A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution." Why would you read Isaacson's third-person accou
by greeneggs 5y ago
Doudna has her own memoir, "A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution." Why would you read Isaacson's third-person account, when you can get the information from the scientist herself?
Well, I read both books, and Isaacson's is much better. In fact, Doudna's book was largely written by her coauthor, her then-graduate student Sam Sternberg, based on long interviews. This is the same process Isaacson used. But, in my opinion, Isaacson does it better, incorporating more of Doudna's personal anecdotes with similar levels of science.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30971755-a-crack-in-creation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30971755-a-crack-in-crea...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54968118-the-code-breaker https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54968118-the-code-breake...
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- sailfast 5y agoIsaacson has a knack for writing flowing non-fiction prose that make for a great read. Sometimes the detail can border on excruciating but he seems to have resolved this in his later works.
- pmdulaney 5y agoAwesome comment. Thank you.
- kingcharles 5y agoThank you for that - I'd recently read A Crack in Creation and thought the same question you had posed.