Jonas Salk
A Life
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
Reviews and Awards
"Chosen as New York Times Book Review "100 Notable Books of 2015""
"This is science writing at its best." - New York Times Book Review"
"...[R]emarkable, warts-and-all biography... sweeping and sympathetic narrative." - Wall Street Journal"
"...[I]nsightful... With an unerring sense of pace, Jacobs... relates the story of this complex man and his remarkable life as a scientific pioneer and a popular icon." - Chicago Tribune"
"...[F]ills a gap worth filling." - Washington Post"
"An extraordinarily rich biography of the doctor Americans adored and all but regarded as a saint... Jacobs makes a convincing case that Salk was a shy man who never succeeded in making the scientific or personal connections that could bring happiness, but his idealism proved a boon to mankind." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review"
"[A] treasure trove of facts and stories... Recommended to readers of scientific biographies and those interested in the practice of science in America." - Library Journal"
"The story of Jonas Salk is an endlessly fascinating one and in Charlotte Jacobs's capable hands this will be a winner and an important book." - Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone and Professor and Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Featured in- Health Affairs"