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Jonas Salk

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Noun1.Jonas Salk - United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914)
Jonas Edward Salk, Salk


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He describes the wartime governmental campaigns to protect children against the ravages of typhoid fever, diphtheria, and yellow fever and explains the legendary rivalry between Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and their respective polio vaccines.
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Humanists have high regard for science, and it's no coincidence that many of the great Humanists in recent times have been scientists: Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Jonas Salk, and countless others.
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Kluger tells the technical and human story of Jonas Salk and his dedicated staff as they developed the first successful vaccine.
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