Jonas Salk and the polio vaccine
By: John Bankston.
Series: Unlocking the secrets of science
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Bear, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Salk, Jonas, 1914- -- Juvenile literature.; Salk, Jonas, 1914-; Virologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Juvenile literature.; Scientists.; Poliomyelitis vaccine.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.