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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Leonardo da Vinci
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Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
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Steve Jobs
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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by Walter Isaacson, Kathe Mazur (Read by), Walter Isaacson (Introduction), Walter Isaacson (Epilogue by)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
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Elon Musk
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Isaacson, Alfred Molina (Read by)
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Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey
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by John L. Hennessy, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity
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Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity
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Classic Restaurants of New Orleans
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Leonardo da Vinci (Abridged)
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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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Title: Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey, Author: John L. Hennessy
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Kissinger: A Biography
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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Title: Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson, Author: Jeff Bezos
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Title: Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson, Author: Jeff Bezos
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Title: Classic Restaurants of New Orleans, Author: Alexandra Kennon
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Title: The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code, Author: Walter Isaacson
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Title: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Author: Walter Isaacson
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