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The Death of a Disease

A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

By: Bernard Seytre,Mary Shaffer

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The Death of a Disease

A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

By: Bernard Seytre,Mary Shaffer

In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for global eradication of polio. The goal is closer than ever as fewer than 2,000 people died from the disease in 2002, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In this book, the authors tell thestory of this crippling virus that has struck down healthy children for centuries.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813536774

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9780813536774

The Death of a Disease

A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

By: Bernard Seytre,Mary Shaffer

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A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis

By: Bernard Seytre,Mary Shaffer

In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for the global eradication of polio. Today, this goal is closer than ever. Fewer than 1,300 people were paralyzed from the disease in 2004, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In The Death of a Disease, science writers Bernard Seytre and Mary Shaffer tell the dramatic story of this crippling virus that has evoked terror among parents and struck down healthy children for centuries. Beginning in ancient Egypt, the narrative explores the earliest stages of research, describes the wayward paths taken by a long line of scientists-each of whom made a vital contribution to understanding this enigmatic virus-and traces the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines. The book also tracks the contemporary polio story, detailing the remaining obstacles as well as the medical, governmental, and international health efforts that are currently being focused on developing countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Niger. At a time when emerging diseases and the threat of bioterrorism are the focus of much media and public attention, this book tells the story of a crippling disease that is on the verge of disappearing. In the face of tremendous odds, the near-eradication of polio offers an inspiring story that is both encouraging and instructive to those at the center of the continued fight against communicable diseases.

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175

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Rutgers University Press

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081353786X

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9780813537863

Einstein

By: Denis Brian

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Einstein

By: Denis Brian

S'appuyant sur des archives accessibles depuis peu, Denis Brian jette un nouveau regard sur le génie qui a marié le temps et l'espace. C'est, sur Einstein, le livre le plus complet, le plus passionnant aussi, qui ait jamais été publié. De sa naissance en 1879 à sa mort en 1955, les pièces manquantes de la vie prodigieuse et tumultueuse d'Albert Einstein sont enfin assemblées: les travaux et les découvertes, les femmes et les enfants, les combats pour toutes les grandes causes. Denis Brian décrit un Einstein iconoclaste et engagé qui dérangea son époque. Le prix Nobel lui fut d'ailleurs refusé pendant douze ans. On apprend qu'en 1928, en compagnie de Freud, Einstein sauva de la mort un jeune photographe juif viennois accusé à tort du meurtre de son père... On apprend également que le FBI, sous Edgar J. Hoover, le surveilla pendant dix ans: un dossier désopilant de 1160 pages! On découvre aussi l'homme privé et ses mystères, une petite fille conçue avant mariage dont on n'a jamais entendu parler, un fils schizophrène, et, pour la première fois, des lettres d'amour... et de désamour, tirées du secret. Bref, un personnage complexe mais particulièrement attachant, dont un grand physicien britannique a dit que c'était " le plus grand juif depuis Jésus". Denis Brian est l'auteur de plusieurs biographies et d'un livre d'entretiens avec des Nobel scientifiques. Comme le montrent ses très nombreuses notes, il a commencé à travailler sur son Einstein au début des années 80. Outre les archives récemment accessibles, il a exploité de nombreux témoignages de personnalités et d'amis d'Einstein.

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543

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Robert Laffont

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222108179X

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9782221081792

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