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Dr. Jonas Salk A Little Golden Book Biography

Deborah Hopkinson

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography This Little Golden Book about Dr. Jonas Salk--virologist and one of the pioneers of the first successful polio vaccine--is an inspiring read-aloud for young children with an interest in STEM-related topics.

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No Stupid Questions

The biography detailed Jonas Salk's intense drive to create the polio vaccine and pointed out how he was disliked by the medical community for being unorthodox and seeming selfish in his approach.

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There's a wonderful biography of Salk by a writer named Charlotte DeCros Jacobs. And one element she points out was that he was intensely disliked by the medical community who saw him as operating kin...

— Episode: 11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Self...

Episode: 11. Are Ambitious People Inherently Selfish?

The biography detailed Jonas Salk's intense drive to create the polio vaccine and pointed out how he was disliked by the medical community for being unorthodox and seeming selfish in his approach.

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There's a wonderful biography of Salk by a writer named Charlotte DeCros Jacobs. And one element she points out was that he was intensely disliked by the medical community who saw him as operating kind of selfishly.

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