{"product_id":"vaccines-andrew-w-artenstein-9781489983626","title":"Vaccines: A Biography","description":"Why another book about vaccines? There are already a few extremely well-written medical textbooks that provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art technical reviews regarding vaccine science. Additionally, in the past decade alone, a number of engrossing, provocative books have been published on various related issues ra- ing from vaccines against specific diseases to vaccine safety and policy. Yet there remains a significant gap in the literature - the history of vaccines. Vaccines: A Biography seeks to fill a void in the extant literature by focusing on the history of vaccines and in so doing, recounts the social, cultural, and scientific history of vaccines; it places them within their natural, historical context. The book traces the lineage - the \"biography\" - of individual vaccines, originating with deeply rooted medical problems and evolving to an eventual conclusion. Nonetheless, these are not \"biographies\" in the traditional sense; they do not trace an individual's growth and development. Instead, they follow an idea as it is conceived and dev- oped, through the contributions of many. These are epic stories of discovery, of risk-takers, of individuals advancing medical science, in the words of the famous physical scientist Isaac Newton, \"by standing on the shoulders of giants. \" One grant reviewer described the book's concept as \"triumphalist\"; although meant as an indictment, this is only partially inaccurate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew W. Artenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1489983627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781489983626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.86d","brand":"Andrew W. Artenstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066036515071,"sku":"9781489983626","price":279.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84995f68-b632-4a1f-a5b2-d45218bd4c5c.jpg?v=1685404966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vaccines-andrew-w-artenstein-9781489983626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}