num_pages: 384
description: 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. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
titlecomplete: Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
characters: Jonas Salk
genres: Medicine, Biography, Biology, History, Science, American History, Health, Nonfiction, Medical, Audiobook
ratings_count: 573
publisher: Putnam Adult