Jonas Salk 
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8-9-15
Dr. Jonas Salk, the Knight in a White Lab Coat: An Interview with Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
by Robin Lindley
In her new biography, Dr. Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, tells the story of this complicated American icon and idealistic physician-scientist who, from childhood, wanted to perform a noble act that would leave the world a better place.
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6-21-15
5 Things You May Not Know About Jonas Salk
by Charlotte D. Jacobs
A biographer discovers her subject is far from the figure beloved by the public or ridiculed by his scientific peers.
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