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The Story of Polio

ISBN: 1349452920
ISBN 13: 9781349452927
Autor: Williams, Gareth
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xix, 354 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT

A comprehensive and global account of polioUnlike some competing works in the market Williams has written this with a broad international perspectiveBacked by authoritative research: author has consulted archives that include the Wellcome Library, London and the College of Physicians, Philadelphia, and has interviewed leading American polio experts, notably Hilary Koprowski, Stanley Plotkin, Neal Nathanson and D.A. Henderson

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Beschreibung

The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio.

Autorenporträt

Gareth Williams is Professor of Medicine and former Dean of Faculty at the University of Bristol, UK. He has written or co-authored over 20 books, including the Textbook of Diabetes (BMA Book of the Year, 1997) and has contributed to more than 30 others, including the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Inspired by the life of Edward Jenner, Gareth wrote Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox, which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize in 2010.

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