Description: Chronicling Dr. Jonas Salk's race against time and a growing polio epidemic that reached 57,000 cases in the summer of 1952, this biography brings to life the medical breakthrough that made Salk a cultural hero and icon.
Review Quotes: Praise for Splendid Solution
"Gripping...colorful and fast-paced...brings Salk to life."--The New York Times Book Review "Provides [a] shot of adrenaline in retelling [the] polio vaccine race...To tell this tale, Jeffrey Kluger has pulled intricate scientific concepts from remote lab shelves and has shone a readable, engaging light on them. Splendid Solution is meticulously reported and gracefully told, with medical, social, and political factors made equal parts of a very large equation."--The Boston Globe "Tense and gripping...Tells how polio was beaten fifty years ago in one of the triumphs of modern medicine."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)