Author: KLUGER, JEFFREY
Title: Splendid solution : Jonas Salk and the conquest of Polio
Description: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons 2004. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 373 pages; Physical desc. : 373 p. : ill.ports. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-358) and index. Subjects: Salk. Jonas (1914-1995) --Virologists --Poliomyelitis --Vaccination --United States --History. Summary: The story of the polio vaccine and its enterprising creator. published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the first national vaccination program. discusses Salk's childhood during one of polio's worst epidemics and his education during the presidency of an afflicted FDR. describing how politics and a discrediting rival researcher nearly prevented the vaccine's development. by Jeffrey Kluger.ISBN: 0399152164. Weight in Kg appr.:

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