Isaacson carefully and cautiously dissects the politics and sociology of high-impact scientific research collaboration.

Isaacson, Walter [Seff] (1952-)  The code breaker: Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race  jacket design by Jackie Seow  jacket montage by Debra Lill  jacket photo of Doudna by Brad Torchia  manufactured in the United States of America  Contents — see images above  Publication — New York · London · Toronto · Sydney · New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, ©2021  1^st American edition, 1^st printing  Physical — 8º  Gilt spine lettering on royal blue paper-covered boards in coordinated pictorial jacket with portrait end-papers--Doudna on a staircase (at the Innovative Genomics Institute building?)  red remainder dot on bottom of text block  else fine in a fine jacket, now protected by new Brodart  9⅝ × 6⅜ × 1¾" (24.5 × 16.2 × 4.5cm)  2lb 2.8oz (985gm)  10" (25cm) minimum shelving  frontis. photo portrait of Doudna in lab coat  illustrations: largely photos, some drawings (many in color)  acknowledgements: p.483-485  end notes: p.487-516  index: p.517-533  IDs — ISBN: 978‑0‑9821‑1585‑2  LCCN: 2020‑043552  OCLC: 1 187 220 557  Classification — Library of Congress: QH440 .I83 2021  Dewey: 576.5  BISG Subject Code: sci29000 · Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics  bio015000 · Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology  Subjects — Doudna, Jennifer A.  CRISPR (Genetics)  Gene editing  Genetics--Research  Biography  Biology  Botany  Genetics  Science  Technology  Non-fiction.