Jonas Salk: Medical Innovator and Polio Vaccine Developer

Essential Lives

by Sheila Griffin Llanas

This biography examines the remarkable life of Jonas Salk using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Salk s family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking research, and creation of the polio vaccine. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

112 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Ben Choi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The biography does a good job talking about the key points in Jonas Salk's life, along with the journey he took to create the polio vaccine. This includes his successes in the field of medical research and the way he eventually became well known. The author also describes some of the issues that happened after the vaccine was initially released to the public, including cases where it was made incorrectly, causing the virus instead of preventing it. The steps he took to become such a well known scientist were explained thoroughly and the scientific procedures are made clear. I rated this book three stars because it explains his accomplishments well, but could be more descriptive when talking about his other achievements in his studies.