Directory of Salk, Jonas Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about the life of American physician and epidemiologist Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995), who developed the first polio vaccine.

Resources in This Category

• A Science Odyssey: Paralyzing Polio

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ontheedge/polio/
  Brief history of Salk's efforts to stop polio; written in comic-book style. From PBS.

• Historic Humanist Series: Jonas Salk

  http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0bio-1
  Basic biography and history.

• Jewish-American Hall of Fame: Jonas Salk

  http://amuseum.org/jahf/quizzes/jonas_salk/
  Interactive quiz tests user's knowledge of Salk's life.

• Jonas Salk M.D.: American Physician and Research Scientist

  http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jesalk.html
  Short biography of the doctor who contributed to the world's understanding of influenza and infectious diseases.

• My Hero - Jonas Salk

  http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=j_salk
  History, photos, and related links.

• People and Discoveries: Jonas Salk

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmsalk.html
  Short biographical profile and photograph of Salk at work. From PBS.

• The Hall of Science and Exploration: Jonas Salk, M.D.

  http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0pro-1
  Provides a short biography of the developer of the polio vaccine.

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