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
Subjects: Salk, Jonas, -- 1914-1995; Virologists -- United States -- Biography; Poliomyelitis -- United States -- History; Poliomyelitis -- Vaccination -- History; Poliomyelitis vaccine -- History
Genres: Biography
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