PositiveScienceWriting gracefully and with authority, Isaacson frames Doudna’s life story with that of James Watson, who used model-building and photographs to propose the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 ... In his enthusiastic embrace of science—communicated dramatically by the inclusion of two photos of the author in a white lab coat—Isaacson portrays himself as a member of the scientific tribe and no longer as an impartial observer ... Although I do not endorse the book’s science-centric view of human values, I highly recommend The Code Breaker to anyone interested in an insider’s view of the politics of high-stakes academic research.
