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2022., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster Call No: 614.5 QUA Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosystems, and how those viruses adapt to their human hosts, sometimes causing global catastrophe. He explains why this coronavirus will probably be a 'forever virus,' destined to circulate among humans and bedevil us endlessly, in one variant form or another. As scientists labor to catch it, comprehend it, and control it, with their high-tech tools and methods, the virus finds ways of escape. Based on interviews with nearly one hundred scientists, including leading virologists in China and around the world, Quammen explains that: Infectious disease experts saw this pandemic coming; Some scientists, for more than two decades, warned that 'the next big one' could be caused by a changeable new virus--very possibly a coronavirus--but such warnings were ignored for political or economic reasons; The precise origins of this virus may not be known for years, but some clues are compelling, and some suppositions can be dismissed; And much more. Breathless takes you inside the frantic international effort to understand and control SARS-CoV-2 as if we were peering over the shoulders of the brilliant scientists who led the chase"--From the publisher's web site.
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2019., Juvenile, ReferencePoint Press, Inc. Call No: 615.3 NAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: How science changed the world.
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c2006., Ferguson Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Ferguson career biographiesSummary Note: Presents a brief biography of microbiologist Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine for the polio virus, providing information on his childhood, his education, and his achievements in science and medicine.
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2001., Primary, Millbrook Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Gateway biographySummary Note: Examines the life and career of the scientist who developed a vaccine that conquered polio.
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2001., Primary, Millbrook Press Call No: B Sal Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Gateway biographySummary Note: Examines the life and career of the scientist who developed a vaccine that conquered polio.
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By McLeese, Donc2006., Juvenile, Rourke Pub. Call No: B Sal Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rourke discovery librarySummary Note: Presents a profile of twentieth-century scientist Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, discussing his childhood in New York, his education, and the significance of his vaccine and other research in medical science.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A nonfiction picture book about Jonas Salk and the invention of the polio vaccine.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, Bellwether Media Call No: 615.3 Gre Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Inventions that changed the world.Summary Note: Engaging images accompany information about vaccines including famous scientists, a timeline and fun facts.
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c1992., Lucent Books Call No: 615 .372 09 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Encyclopedia of discovery and inventionSummary Note: Traces the history of vaccines from the first vaccine, to the work of Louis Pasteur, to the hazards of immunization, to vaccines today.