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EPISODE · Jul 2, 2015

The Life of Jonas Salk

from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern

This hour we’re talking with Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, author of the biography Jonas Salk: A Life (Oxford University Press, May 2015). Salk is best known for creating the polio vaccine that paved the way to eradicating the disease in the United States. Jacobs explores the extraordinary story of how Salk ran trials for the vaccine,…

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This hour were talking with Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, author of the biography Jonas Salk: A Life (Oxford University Press, May 2015). Salk is best known for creating the polio vaccine that paved the way to eradicating the disease in the United States. Jacobs explores the extraordinary story of how Salk ran trials for the vaccine, and what he did after he achieved his lifes greatest accomplishment. Music this hour: “Elle va au Japon” by Nic Bommarito, from the album A Quiet Age “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within Forgiven Not Forgotten by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel

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