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Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023.

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Elon Musk
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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Steve Jobs
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey
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by John L. Hennessy, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
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by Lori Garver, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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Kissinger: A Biography
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Classic Restaurants of New Orleans
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by Alexandra Kennon, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson, Edward Herrmann (Read by)
The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
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The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
by Walter Isaacson, Sarah Durand (Adapted by), Kathe Mazur (Read by)
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
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American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
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The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
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The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
by David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ron Chernow, Walter Isaacson

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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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The Innovators: Die Vordenker der digitalen Revolution von Ada Lovelace bis Steve Jobs
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