Splendid Solution

Kluger, Jeffrey

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. 75,000 first printing.

Editora: Putnam Pub Group
ISBN: 0399152164
Número de páginas: 373
Acabamento: 
HARDCOVER
Local de Publicação: United States