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| Isaacson is also the co-author with [[Evan Thomas]] of ''[[The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made]]'' (1986). | | Isaacson is also the co-author with [[Evan Thomas]] of ''[[The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made]]'' (1986). |
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| * ''Pro and Con: Both Sides Of Dozens Of Unsettled And Unsettling Arguments''. (Putnam, 1983). {{ISBN|0-399-12869-7}}.
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| * {{cite book|author1=Isaacson|first=Walter|author2=Evan Thomas|author-link2=Evan Thomas|name-list-style=vanc|title=[[The Wise Men (book)|The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made]]|location=New York|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=1986 <!--|isbn=0671504657-->|isbn=9780571146062}}<ref>Published simultaneously in London by Faber.</ref>
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| * ''[[Kissinger: A Biography]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 1992). {{ISBN|978-0-671-66323-0}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review of ''Kissinger'' by Walter Isaacson|date=1 July 1992|website=Kirkus Reviews|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/kissinger/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103170031/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/kissinger/#review|archive-date=3 November 2011|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>
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| * ''[[Benjamin Franklin: An American Life]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2003). {{ISBN|978-0-684-80761-4}}.<ref>{{cite news|author=Maslin, Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|title=Review of ''Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'' by Walter Isaacson|newspaper=NY Times|date=3 July 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/books/books-of-the-times-the-founder-of-healthy-wealthy-wise-inc.html|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321064253/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/books/books-of-the-times-the-founder-of-healthy-wealthy-wise-inc.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of ''Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'' by Walter Isaacson|journal=Kirkus Reviews|date=4 July 1983|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/benjamin-franklin-3/|url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103165712/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/benjamin-franklin-3/#review|archive-date=3 November 2011}}</ref>
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| * ''[[Einstein: His Life and Universe]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2007). {{ISBN|978-0-7432-6474-7}}.<ref>{{cite news|author=Maslin, Janet|title=Review of ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' by Walter Isaacson|newspaper=NY Times|date=9 April 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/books/09masl.html|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111000014/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/books/09masl.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="isaacson2007">{{cite journal|title=Review of ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' by Walter Isaacson|journal=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=15 February 2007|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/einstein-4/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103165727/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/walter-isaacson/einstein-4/#review|archive-date=3 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| * {{cite journal |author=Isaacson, Walter |date=December 2009 |title=How Einstein divided America's Jews |journal=The Atlantic |volume=304 |issue=5 |pages=70–74 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/12/how-einstein-divided-americas-jews/307763/ <!--|access-date=2020-05-13-->}}
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| * ''American Sketches''. (Simon & Schuster, 2009). {{ISBN|978-1-4391-8344-1}}.
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| * ''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2011). {{ISBN|978-1-4516-4853-9}}.
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| * ''[[The Innovators (book)|The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2014). {{ISBN|978-1-4767-0869-0}}.
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| * ''Leonardo Da Vinci''. (Simon & Schuster, 2017). {{ISBN|978-1-5011-3915-4}}.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kafka, Alexander C.|date=12 October 2017|title=Review of ''Leonardo da Vinci'' by Walter Isaacson|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-to-unlock-your-inner-leonardo-da-vinci/2017/10/09/55ac0762-a880-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118202641/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-to-unlock-your-inner-leonardo-da-vinci/2017/10/09/55ac0762-a880-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-10|title=Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson|url=https://theobjectivestandard.com/2019/05/leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson/|access-date=2021-04-13|website=The Objective Standard|language=en-US|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413172101/https://theobjectivestandard.com/2019/05/leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| * ''[[The Code Breaker|The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2021). {{ISBN|978-1-9821-1585-2}}.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Code Breaker |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Code-Breaker/Walter-Isaacson/9781982115852 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |isbn=978-1-9821-1585-2 |language=en |last1=Isaacson |first1=Walter |date=March 9, 2021 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414054804/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Code-Breaker/Walter-Isaacson/9781982115852 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| * ''[[Elon Musk (Isaacson book)|Elon Musk]]''. (Simon & Schuster, 2023). {{ISBN|978-1982181284}}.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Elon-Musk/Walter-Isaacson/9781982181284 |title=Elon Musk |date=September 12, 2023 |isbn=978-1-9821-8128-4 |language=en |last1=Isaacson |first1=Walter |publisher=Simon & Schuster |access-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126180200/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Elon-Musk/Walter-Isaacson/9781982181284 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Walter Seff Isaacson (born 1952) is an American historian, author, and journalist best known in the second half of his life for writing outstanding biographies of several public, historical figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk. Earlier in his life, he was also the chairman of CNN, and the editor of Time.
Isaacson studied at Harvard University, where he majored in history and literature and graduated in 1974. At Harvard, Isaacson was the president of the Signet Society, a member of the Harvard Lampoon, and a resident of Lowell House. He later attended Pembroke College, Oxford, as a Rhodes scholar, where he studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) and graduated with first-class honours.[1][2]
As of 2024, Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and since 2018 has served as one of several interview hosts for the PBS and CNN news show Amanpour & Company.[3]
Isaacson is the author of several notable books, including:
Isaacson is also the co-author with Evan Thomas of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).
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