Splendid solution
Subtitle: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio
By: Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780399152160
Subjects: Poliomyélite; Poliomyelitis vaccine; Virologists; Vaccination; Virology; Histoire; Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine; Vaccin antipoliomyélitique; Virologistes; Poliomyelitis; History; Biographies; Biography; History, 20th Century
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-358) and index.