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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Named Person: | Jonas Salk; Jonas Salk; Jonas Salk |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Charlotte Jacobs |
ISBN: | 9780199334414 0199334412 9780190679163 0190679166 |
OCLC Number: | 1044915817 |
Awards: | Winner of PROSE Awards 2016 - Honorable Mention: Biography. |
Description: | x, 559 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Prologue: Two plagues -- Born to serve -- Finding his place -- A wedding and a war -- Joining the fight against influenza -- Vaccine neophyte -- Pittsburgh's virgin territory -- Polio -- The chosen -- Ready to run -- Research sub rosa -- Out of his hands -- The world's largest clinical trial -- Relief from fear -- The Cutter affair -- Fame and its consequences -- Act II -- Two cultures under one roof -- The price of a masterpiece -- Seeking Shangri-La -- A troubled marriage -- Harnessing the immune system -- A most unusual arrangement -- Salk unfolding -- Fall from grace -- Final fling -- Marginalized -- The swine flu snafu -- Return to the polio vaccine controversy -- A Trojan horse -- Disciples, sycophants, and lovers -- AIDS: Salk's next mountain -- Unbowed. |
Responsibility: | Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs. |
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Chosen as New York Times Book Review "100 Notable Books of 2015" This is science writing at its best." - New York Times Book Review ...[R]emarkable, warts-and-all biography... sweeping and sympathetic narrative." - Wall Street Journal ...[I]nsightful... With an unerring sense of pace, Jacobs... relates the story of this complex man and his remarkable life as a scientific pioneer and a popular icon." - Chicago Tribune ...[F]ills a gap worth filling." - Washington Post An extraordinarily rich biography of the doctor Americans adored and all but regarded as a saint... Jacobs makes a convincing case that Salk was a shy man who never succeeded in making the scientific or personal connections that could bring happiness, but his idealism proved a boon to mankind." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review [A] treasure trove of facts and stories... Recommended to readers of scientific biographies and those interested in the practice of science in America." - Library Journal The story of Jonas Salk is an endlessly fascinating one and in Charlotte Jacobs's capable hands this will be a winner and an important book. * Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone and Professor and Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine * Featured in- Health Affairs Read more...


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