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Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American historian and journalist best known for having written biographies of important public figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk.
Walter Isaacson – The Life of Elon Musk | In Conversation with Matthew d'Ancona The biographer of Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci @walter_isaacson was with Elon Musk through the most turbulent days of his life to date. He joins @dancona.matthew to take us into the psyche of the world’s richest man.
Sep 9, 2023 · Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match.
Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine.
Dec 13, 2023 · Walter Isaacson talks about criticism of his biography, Musk's growing influence, and how Twitter shapes his legacy.
May 31, 2024 · Walter S. Isaacson ’74 joined the Harvard Lampoon before seeing the light and becoming a renowned journalist. By Courtesy of The Aspen Institute
Sep 12, 2023 · Walter Isaacson reveals how he shadowed Elon Musk and details billionaire's brutal treatment of workers, impulsive decisions and chaotic romantic life in a new biography.
Mar 8, 2021 · In “The Code Breaker,” Walter Isaacson turns to the life and work of Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel-winning scientist who has revolutionized gene editing.
The story of Walter Isaacson—celebrated journalist, biographer, intellectual leader, and humanist—begins on May 20, 1952, when he was born at the Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Much later on, he described his father, Irwin, as a “kindly Jewish distracted humanist engineer with a reverence for science.”. His mother, Betsy, was a real ...
Mar 8, 2021 · Isaacson examines it through the life of Jennifer Doudna, co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for CRISPR's discovery.
