Jonas Salk
Subtitle: creator of the polio vaccine
By: Salvatore Tocci.
Series: Great minds of science
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Salk, Jonas, -- 1914- -- Juvenile literature; Virologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Juvenile literature; Scientists -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: A biography of the American doctor and medical researcher who helped to develop successful influenza and polio vaccines, then turned his attention to vaccines for cancer and AIDS prevention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Innocent victims; title: Survival and success; title: A change of plans; title: Relationships; title: His own project; title: His next project; title: The polio vaccine; title: The polio pioneers; title: An American hero.