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Splendid Solution
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio | Jeffrey Kluger
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The story of the polio vaccine and its creator discusses Salk's childhood during one of polio's worst epidemics and his education during the presidency of an afflicted FDR, describing how politics nearly prevented the vaccine's development.
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What a fantastic story, sharing the panic pre-vaccine and the thrill of learning the vaccine worked, after so much work.