Jonas Salk : Beyond the Microscope

by Sherrow, Victoria

• ISBN13: 9780816061808
• ISBN10: 0816061807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-30
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

Makers of Modern Science is a 10-volume set that profiles the lives and achievements of scientists who made notable contributions to the advancement of science and society. Each volume covers a scientist whose work has had a major impact on a particular field. The scientist's accomplishments are discussed, including the scientific principles and personal struggles underlying his or her work. Employing an array of primary sources-diaries, memoirs, letters, and contemporary news accounts-as well as secondary sources, the set depicts the human drama of scientific work, the challenge of research, and the exhilaration and rewards of discovery.

Author Biography

Victoria Sherrow is a freelance writer and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Early Years in New York	p. 1
A Dreaded Disease	p. 2
Desperate Measures	p. 6
"A Piercing Pain ..."	p. 8
A Gifted Student	p. 8
Scientist in the Making	p. 11
Change of Career	p. 12
Looking for a Treatment	p. 15
The Search for Immunity	p. 16
Doctor Salk	p. 22
Tracking Down Viruses	p. 23
Busy Years	p. 24
Elusive Enemies	p. 26
Developing an Influenza Vaccine	p. 30
Fighting Polio in the Lab	p. 33
The National Foundation	p. 34
A Famous Advocate	p. 36
Failed Vaccines	p. 36
A Lab of His Own	p. 38
Crucial Discoveries	p. 41
Putting It Together	p. 45
Steady Progress	p. 46
Vaccine Debates	p. 49
A Hard-Working Team	p. 52
Life-Saving Machines	p. 54
The Committee Decides	p. 56
Testing the Vaccine	p. 59
Trial Runs	p. 60
"Please Save Our Child"	p. 62
"I've Got the Vaccine."	p. 63
The Public Wants Information	p. 66
Careful Plans	p. 68
"Polio Pioneers"	p. 70
"Thank You, Dr. Salk."	p. 75
A Historic Announcement	p. 76
Celebrity Status	p. 79
Mass Immunizations	p. 80
Polio Rates Decline	p. 84
Opportunity to "Do More"	p. 87
Planning a Unique Institute	p. 88
An Expanding Organization	p. 89
A Dream Fulfilled	p. 90
The Sabin Vaccine	p. 92
Great Minds Gather	p. 94
Toward a Better World	p. 97
Old and New Horizons	p. 101
Fighting AIDS	p. 102
Global Health Concerns	p. 108
Honors And Disappointments	p. 110
A Hero Remembered	p. 112
Conclusion: Making a Difference	p. 115
The End of Polio?	p. 119
Chronology	p. 123
Glossary	p. 127
Further Resources	p. 129
Index	p. 139
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Excerpts

Jonas Salk, Revised Edition describes this respected immunologist's medical research and his lifelong efforts to promote scientific and human progress on a global scale. By chronicling Salk's story and his fight against polio, this engrossing book shows how scientists build upon the achievements of others while bringing their own perspective to the challenges they face in the laboratory and in the field. This revised edition brings readers up to date regarding Salk's final years and the current work of the Salk Institute. It also describes the global campaign to eradicate polio from the planet, since the fight against this disease has continued in developing nations.