The Code Breaker : Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson
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'The Code Breaker’s confident, cinematic style makes Crispr accessible like never before, taking readers on a journey that is exciting, as well as ethically treacherous.' – The Financial Times

'A page-turner. It weaves history and contemporary events into a narrative propelled by the career of its protagonist, Jennifer Doudna.' – The Economist

‘Nobody knows this stuff and these people, and explains them, quite like Isaacson. If you need to know about CRISPR – and you do – this is the place to start.' – The Sunday Times

The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns.

In 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA.

Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies.

But what does that mean for humanity? Should we be hacking our own DNA to make us less susceptible to disease? Should we democratise the technology that would allow parents to enhance their kids?

After discovering this CRISPR, Doudna is now wrestling these even bigger issues.

The Code Breaker is an examination of how life as we know it is about to change – and a brilliant portrayal of the woman leading the way.

'The Code Breaker’s confident, cinematic style makes Crispr accessible like never before, taking readers on a journey that is exciting, as well as ethically treacherous.' The Financial Times

'The CRISPR history holds obvious appeal for Walter Isaacson, a biographer of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci. In “The Code Breaker” he reprises several of his previous themes — science, genius, experiment, code, thinking different — and devotes a full length book to a female subject for the first time. Jennifer Doudna, a genuine heroine for our time, may be the code breaker of the book’s title, but she is only part of Isaacson’s story... The Code Breaker” is in some respects a journal of our 2020 plague year. By the final chapter, Isaacson has enrolled in a vaccine trial' - New York Times

‘Nobody knows this stuff and these people, and explains them, quite like Isaacson. If you need to know about CRISPR — and you do — this is the place to start' - The Sunday Times

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

免疫解碼 : 免疫科學的最新發現, 未來醫療的生死關鍵 (An Elegant Defense)

麥特．瑞克托 (Matt Richtel)
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Amazon書店5顆星盛讚：
破解我們對免疫系統的認知，21世紀最具里程碑意義的書！

《紐約時報》最具開創性醫學報導！諾貝爾生醫獎得主等數十位專家訪談！
從癌症、愛滋病、失智症、自體免疫失調等重症，
深入探究免疫系統這人體最精微奧妙的奇蹟武器！

免疫系統是人類健康與安適、生或死的關鍵，
本書探索人類免疫系統和健康的祕密，
以宏大的報導及精心的布局，成就一部史詩，為這類書籍開創先河。
內容交織著尖端的科學新知與四位主人翁私密的生命故事。

♦ 普立茲獎得主暨《紐約時報》暢銷作家麥特．瑞克托的最新醫療新知鉅作。

♦ 深度訪談數十位世界知名重量級科學家和免疫專家，其中不乏在免疫研究上發明關鍵疫苗和藥物以及做出突破性實驗和研究成果的學者專家，如免疫學先驅雅克‧米勒（Dr. Jacques Miller）、弗契（Dr. Anthony Fauci）、2018年諾貝爾生理及醫學獎得主美國免疫學者艾利森（James Allison）和京都大學高等研究院特別教授本庶佑（Tasuku Honjo）等人，更為本書增添科學信實佐證。

♦ BBC「本月必讀的十本書」、《紐約書評》、《華盛頓郵報》、《華爾街日報》、《洛杉磯書評》、《今日美國》、《科克斯書評》、《書單》、《出版人週刊》一致好評口碑推薦！

本書透過癌末、愛滋病和自體免疫失調四位患者私密的生命故事，行雲流水地引導讀者探索如偵探小說般的科學故事，上從黑死病到20世紀對疫苗及抗生素的突破，以及革新免疫學的尖端實驗室，讓癌症免疫療法成為可能實踐的真理；微生物叢基因體和自體免疫療法正改變數百萬人的生命。本書更生動捕捉有效療法與免疫系統間的互動細節，以及人類行為與環境對免疫系統的互為影響，往往出發點是善意，但總是走在剃刀邊緣，稍不慎就會讓這出色系統失去平衡。

作者更廣泛與數十位世界知名科學家做全新深度訪談，豎立里程碑，如2018年諾貝爾生醫獎得主美國免疫學者艾利森（James Allison）和日本免疫學家本庶佑等人，以平衡的態度調查最深沉的生存之謎，成就一個個深刻動人的人性故事，透過四位主角的眼睛，映照出我們「優雅防禦」的重要面向，解碼人體免疫系統和健康及生死的祕密！

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Nir Eyal
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"Indistractable provides a framework that will deliver the focus you need to get results."
- James Clear, author of Atomic Habits

You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold.

What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable?"

International bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction's Achilles' heel in his groundbreaking new book.

In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more.

Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.

Inside, Eyal overturns conventional wisdom and reveals:
♦ Why distraction at work is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture--and how to fix it
♦ What really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain management"
♦ Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on you becoming indistractable
♦ How to raise indistractable children in an increasingly distracting world

Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention--helping you live the life you really want.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

人生悟語：劉再復新文體沉思錄

劉再復
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榮獲2021年第三屆「香港出版雙年獎」文學及小說類別的「出版獎」。

首次完整地輯錄了作者多年來所寫的二千多則「悟語」。這種「悟語」寫作有別於傳統的小品文、雜文及散文詩，它是一種「碎片寫作」、「片斷性思想札記」，是一些表面無序而不連續寫作的文字。作者通過這種「新文體」，以精粹凝煉的文字，評述中國四大名著—《紅樓夢》、《西遊記》、《三國演義》、《水滸傳》，並對古今中外的名著作出精闢的文學評論與文化批判，從歷史、文學、哲學、文化等層面有所反思及感悟，既與古典名著裏的靈魂對話，也同時與自己的多重主體對話，以心讀心，呈現出深刻而豐富的思想圖景。

卷一：三書悟語，評論中國四大名著的其中三書─《西遊記》、《水滸傳》及《三國演義》。
卷二：紅樓悟語，專門評述《紅樓夢》，而四大名著中，作者尤其鍾愛《紅樓夢》，更於國外漂泊時視之為故鄉，是啟發其生命感悟和精神開掘的對象。
卷三：獨語天涯，作者自述在海外四處漂流及流亡期間，親身體驗多國文化的衝擊，從中引發了許多思索。
卷四：面壁詩思，作者放眼世界，把古今中外的作家、哲學家、著作共冶一爐，從更廣闊的視野探討歷史、哲學、文學、國家、生命、自由、宗教等。
卷五：共悟人間，為作者與大女兒劉劍梅身在異地的書信紀錄。

(摘錄自香港城市大學出版社網站)

From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader

Stuart Greene, April Lidinsky
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From Inquiry to Academic Writing helps students understand academic culture and its ways of thinking, reading, and writing. With a practical and widely proven step-by-step approach, the text demystifies cross-curricular thinking and writing. An extensive thematic reader brings students into interdisciplinary conversations that not only bear on their college careers but also reflect larger cultural issues that they will encounter outside the academy. The fifth edition includes 23 new readings (forty percent) and an increased emphasis on using critical reading to evaluate multiple perspectives and stretch beyond binary thinking.

Achieve for From Inquiry to Academic Writing is a dedicated composition space that guides students through drafting, peer review, source check, reflection, and revision.

(Excerpt from macmillanlearning.com)

怎樣讀文學--文學慧悟十八點

劉再復
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本書根據作者二〇一六年在香港科技大學開設課程「文學慧悟十八點」的講稿整理而成。關鍵點、起點、特點、優點、弱點、難點、基點、亮點、戒點、盲點、拐點、制高點、焦慮點、死亡點、交合點、審視點、回歸點、終點，作者循這十八個「點」依次透視文學，角度之新，前無古人，因慧心獨具而悟識一新。材料雖古今中外，旁徵博引，講述則單刀直入，明心見性。這種融入自己的研究與創作感悟的新穎講述，令讀者有一入門牆，便窺堂奧之感。

作者既是著名的理論家，又是高明的創作家，本書與《什麼是文學──文學常識二十二講》並讀，可以完整地了解作者的文學觀。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)