Summary

A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century. 10 yrs+

Notes

Includes index. Bibliography, p. 46.

Classification

• LCC: QR31
• Dewey Decimal: B

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
• Edition Info: (pbk.)

Subjects

• Salk, Jonas,1914
• Virologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
• Poliomyelitis vaccine -- Juvenile literature
• Scientists
• Poliomyelitis vaccine
• Salk, Jonas,1914-1995 -- Juvenile literature
• Scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

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