The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race is a non-fiction book authored by American historian and journalist Walter Isaacson.

Published in March 2021 by Simon & Schuster, it is a biography of Jennifer Doudna, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the CRISPR system of gene editing.

[1] On March 22, 2021, Isaacson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss the book.

[2] The book debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending March 13, 2021.

"[4] Publishers Weekly called it a "gripping account of a great scientific advancement and of the dedicated scientists who realized it.