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Author:   Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs (Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita), Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita), Stanford University School of Medicine)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.621kg
ISBN:  

9780190679163

ISBN 10:   0190679166
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   04 January 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue - Two Plagues Chapter 1 - Born with a Caul Chapter 2 - Big Shot Chapter 3 - Tenacity Chapter 4 - Fighting a Ghost Chapter 5 - Vaccine Neophyte Chapter 6 - Virgin Territory Chapter 7 - The Disease Known as Polio Chapter 8 - The Chosen Chapter 9 - Renegade Researcher Chapter 10 - Torn from His Arms Chapter 11 - The World's Largest Clinical Trial Chapter 12 - It Works! Chapter 13 - The Cutter Incident Chapter 14 - Birth of an Icon Chapter 15 - Act II Chapter 16 - Two Cultures Chapter 17 - An Architectural Masterpiece Chapter 18 - A Scientific Shangri-La Chapter 19 - Divorced Chapter 20 - Harnessing the Immune System Chapter 21 - Lions Mate with Lions Chapter 22 - Salk Unfolding Chapter 23 - Fall from Grace Chapter 24 - Unbridled Freedom Chapter 25 - Nemesis Chapter 26 - The Swine Flu Snafu Chapter 27 - Final Fling Chapter 28 - Polio Redux Chapter 29 - Aide-Memoire Chapter 30 - Disciples, Sycophants, and Lovers Chapter 31 - The Clarion Call to AIDS Chapter 32 - Unresolved Chagrin

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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

"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"

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

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Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D. is the Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita) at Stanford University. She has served as Senior Associate Dean and as Director of the Clinical Cancer Center, and is the author of Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease.

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