Splendid solution : Jonas Salk and the conquest of Polio / by Jeffrey Kluger
2004, First Edition. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 373 pages; Physical desc. : 373 p. : ill. , ports. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-358) and index. Subjects: Salk, Jonas (1914-1995) --Virologists --Poliomyelitis --Vaccination --United States --History. Summary: 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. Item #155036
ISBN: 0399152164
Price: €9.95