{"product_id":"albert-sabin-the-life-of-a-polio-vaccine-pioneer","title":"Albert Sabin: The Life of a Polio Vaccine Pioneer","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Today, Salk (1914-95) is the figure most remembered for the successful creation of a polio vaccine. In her compelling biography of the lesser-known innovator Sabin (1906-93), Ms. Torghele draws on a range of sources to correct the balance. She introduces readers to a passionate, driven and irascible scientist through the story of his life's work.\"--Adrian Woolfson, \n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book beautifully captures the deep complexity of an extraordinary man, including the unlikely juxtaposition of his scientific genius, his profound empathy and kindness, and his infamous abrasiveness.\"--Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With her sharp eye and ready wit, Karen Torghele draws a captivating, no-holds-barred portrait of Albert Sabin.\"--Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, author of \n\u003ci\u003eJonas Salk: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Albert Sabin's development of oral polio vaccine has played a massive role in reducing the burden of paralytic polio around the world. This book superlatively details Albert Sabin's life both professionally and personally.\"--Walter Orenstein, professor emeritus, Emory University \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Dr. Albert Sabin was without question one of America's most important twentieth-century scientists. His approach to developing the oral polio vaccine revolutionized the science of vaccinology while it simultaneously led to the near-elimination of poliomyelitis. Astonishingly, there has been no definitive biography of this fascinating and complex man, that is until now.\"--Peter Hotez, dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Torghele\u003c\/b\u003e is an epidemiologist and Global Health Chronicles oral historian who worked for more than twenty-five years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Task Force for Global Health. She lives in Atlanta, GA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of Albert Sabin, who developed the oral polio vaccine and became a controversial public health advocate for children worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Introduces readers to a passionate, driven and irascible scientist through the story of his life's work.\"--Adrian Woolfson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonas Salk may be the name most associated with the polio vaccine, but it was Albert Sabin's oral vaccine that made the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis a possibility. Epidemiologist Karen Torghele draws on exclusive interviews, archival research, and the scientist's own lab notebooks to deliver the first definitive biography of Sabin (1906-1993). She reveals a man driven by compulsion, whom Yale virologist John R. Paul described as \"a fierce joy\" when he was making new discoveries. But though his work reshaped virology and vaccine development, he was burdened by ego and an abrasive personality that would haunt his legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSabin's journey spanned continents and conflicts, from being a World War II hero to facilitating Cold War diplomacy, culminating in a risky experiment to test his vaccine in the USSR near the peak of the McCarthy era. Torghele combines biography and science to establish Sabin's place in medical history, illuminating the research, politics, and private issues behind one of the twentieth century's most controversial personalities--and offering insight into what we can learn from Sabin's experiences as we address vaccine misinformation, deal with deadly new viruses, and face the threatening resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and polio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780300272635, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496052850966,"sku":"9780300272635","price":45.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780300272635.jpg?v=1783051877","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/albert-sabin-the-life-of-a-polio-vaccine-pioneer","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}