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“On the cover of Time magazine’s 1999 tribute to the 100 “greatest minds” of the 20th century is a rendering of Einstein on a couch being psychoanalyzed by Freud. On the table beside them is a photo of Jonas Salk. Some may dispute the comparison, but the message is clear. Salk remains the people’s scientist, the man who connected the wonders of the laboratory to the suffering of humankind — the man who saw beyond the microscope.” #PittsburghHistory

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/books/review/jonas-salk-a-life-by-charlotte-decroes-jacobs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Salk refused to seek a patent on the polio vaccine because he wanted to benefit humanity, not himself.

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Katrin 2y ago

He is fascinating. I’ve always wanted to read this biography of Salk (‘Jonas Salk: A Life,’ by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs) — I remembered it recently & thought of this review

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