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Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk And The Conquest of Polio
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Putnam Pub Group
Publication date
January 27, 2005
Pages
373
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399152160
ISBN-10
0399152164
Dimensions
1.75 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.95
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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. 75,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (May 3, 2005)
9780786273232 | details & prices | 680 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $30.95
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from Putnam Pub Group (January 27, 2005)
9780399152160 | details & prices | 373 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $25.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Berkley Pub Group (February 7, 2006)
9780425205709 | details & prices | 373 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $16.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
CD/Spoken Word
With Michael Prichard (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (March 30, 2005)
9781400101498 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.66 lbs | List price $37.99
With Michael Prichard (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Tantor Media Inc (March 30, 2005)
9781400151493 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.22 lbs | List price $22.99
Prebinding
With Jeffrey Kluger |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 29, 2008)
9781435294387 | details & prices | 373 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $25.00
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