
Jonas Salk
Beyond the Microscope
Victoria Sherrow(Author)
Facts On File Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2008
Book
Hardback
146 pages
978-0-8160-6180-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Young adult
Illustrations
black-&-white photographs & line illustrations, sidebars, further reading, glossary, chronology, internet resources, index
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
387 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-6180-8 (9780816061808)
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Person
Victoria Sherrow is a freelance writer and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers. She is also the author of many books for middle and high school readers, including Great Scientists, Political Leaders and Peacemakers, and American Women in the Military.