Publication

2006 - Berkley Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

93,250 words, Guess

Page Count

373 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCQR31.S25 K58 2006

Description

The story of the polio vaccine and its creator discusses Salk's childhood during one of polio's worst epidemics and his education during the presidency of an afflicted FDR, describing how politics nearly prevented the vaccine's development.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryVirologyBiographyVaccinationVirologistsPoliomyelitisLarge type books

Places

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Splendid solution: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polioBerkley Books2006-01-01
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