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Author:
Kluger, Jeffrey.
Title:
Splendid solution : Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio / Jeffrey Kluger.
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Copyright Date:
©2004
Description:
373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Salk, Jonas,--1914-1995.
Virologists--United States--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--United States--History.
Poliomyelitis--History.--History.
Poliomyelitis vaccine--History.
Salk, Jonas,--1914-1995.
Salk, Jonas,--1914-1995.
Virology.
History, 20th Century.
Poliomyelitis--history.
Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated--history.
United States.
Salk, Jonas,--1914-1995.
Virologistes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Poliomyélite--États-Unis--Histoire.
Poliomyélite--Histoire.--Histoire.
Vaccin antipoliomyélitique--Histoire.
Salk, Jonas,--1914-1995
Poliomyelitis.
Poliomyelitis--Vaccination.
Poliomyelitis vaccine.
Virologists.
United States.
Poliomyelitis.
Poliomyelitis vaccine.
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-358) and index.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
9780425205709
0425205703
9780399152160
0399152164
OCLC:
(OCoLC)55208332
LCCN:
2004050527
Locations:
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs) — Copies: 9
YYPC162 -- Mechanicsville Public Library (Mechanicsville) — Copies: 3
AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola) — Copies: 6
TQPB062 -- Van Horne Public Library (Van Horne) — Copies: 12

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