Jonas Salk : a life
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015].
ISBN
9780199334414, 0199334412
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Biography | B Salk, Jonas | On Shelf |
Bellwood Public Library - Stacks | B SAL | On Shelf |
Carol Stream Public Library - Adult Biography | BIO/SALK | On Shelf |
Clarendon Hills Public Library - Stacks | BIOGRAPHY SALK | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | 610.92 JAC | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 559 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780199334414, 0199334412
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a twentieth-century icon-a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people. And yet the one group whose adulation he craved--the scientific community--remained ominously silent. "The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success," Salk later said. "I knew right away that I was through-cast out." In the first complete biography of Jonas Salk, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs unravels Salk's story to reveal an unconventional scientist and a misunderstood and vulnerable man. Despite his incredible success in developing the polio vaccine, Salk was ostracized by his fellow scientists, who accused him of failing to give proper credit to other researchers and scorned his taste for media attention. Even before success catapulted him into the limelight, Salk was an inscrutable man disliked by many of his peers. Driven by an intense desire to aid mankind, he was initially oblivious and eventually resigned to the personal cost--as well as the costs suffered by his family and friends. And yet Salk remained, in the eyes of the public, an adored hero. Based on hundreds of personal interviews and unprecedented access to Salk's sealed archives, Jacobs' biography offers the most complete picture of this complicated figure. Salk's story has never been fully told; until now, his role in preventing polio has overshadowed his part in co-developing the first influenza vaccine, his effort to meld the sciences and humanities in the magnificent Salk Institute, and his pioneering work on AIDS. A vivid and intimate portrait, this will become the standard work on the remarkable life of Jonas Salk"--,Provided by publisher.
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"He first full biography of Jonas Salk offers a complete picture of the enigmatic figure, from his early years working on an influenza vaccine--for which he never fully got credit--to his seminal creation of the Polio vaccine, up through his later work to find a cure for AIDS"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jacobs, C. (2015). Jonas Salk: a life . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobs, Charlotte. 2015. Jonas Salk: A Life. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jacobs, Charlotte. Jonas Salk: A Life Oxford University Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jacobs, Charlotte. Jonas Salk: A Life Oxford University Press, 2015.
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