Description
Product ID: | 9781546000907 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Longshot |
Subtitle: | The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine |
Authors: | Author: David Heath |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Research and development management, Manufacturing industries, Medical research, Public health and preventive medicine, History of medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, Science funding and policy, Research & development management, Pharmaceutical industries, Medical research, Public health & preventive medicine, History of medicine, Infectious & contagious diseases, Science funding & policy |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the incredible story of the scientists who created a coronavirus vaccine in record time. In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk''s polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. |
Imprint Name: | Center Street |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown & Company |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-03-10 |