Hardcover, 576 pages
Published May 19th 2015 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published April 3rd 2015)
ISBN 0199334412 (ISBN13: 9780199334414)
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WOW! This is a MUST READ for biology teachers. I had only heard snippets of this story, and they seem to have been related to me incorrectly. I am so glad I have read (listened) to this book. Jacobs does a great job with his early life, and that of his parents. She addresses the controversy of the killed vs. weakened vaccine, Salk vs. Sabin, and other stories. Jacobs gives us real insight as to the founding of the NFIP (National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis) which started the March of Dimes. The beginning of this is amazing, and gave rise to Salk's idea that the people of the nation own the vaccine, as they provided the funds for its development.
Again, I say, READ THIS BOOK. It is really long, but all really good books are!
Just like most of you, I read Eva Curie's biography of her mother when I was around 10 or 11 years old (mine was is the Reader's Digest for Young Adults). I was, like you, inspired. Recently, I saw the reenactment of Marie Curie by Susan Marie Frontczak, produced on film by Jen Myronuk. The presentation was AMAZING! I really did feel as if Marie Curie was telling her story just to me. MSTA will be discussing sponsoring this presentation at a conference in the future. Susan Marie Frontczak talked with the audience via Skype after the presentation. She told us that she had read Eva Curie's biography in her preparation, but she relyied on the Susan Quinn biography for much of her research and dialogue. I knew I had to read this book, so I downloaded it to my Kindle that very day! The book is, of course, enlightening. I just happened to be reading about Marie's viewing the total eclipse the night before our total eclipse in August. I stopped so I could read th
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