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About this Book
Scientists Greater than Einstein tells the stories of ten
scientists whose discoveries have had an amazing impact on humanity.
Combined, these ten have saved more than 1.6 billion lives—and yet, most
remain unknown and unheralded.
For instance: Do you know about the
eye doctor who in the 1970s figured out how to save millions of children
with a nickel’s worth of medicine? How about the man in the dusty fields of
Mexico who has saved hundreds of
millions of people from dying of starvation and malnutrition? Everyone
knows about Jonas Salk and his polio vaccine. Do you know whose discovery
made Salk’s vaccine possible and who created the measles vaccine that has
saved many more lives than the polio vaccine?
A quarter of the world’s population is
alive today due to these ten scientists and no one knows their names. Scientists
Greater than Einstein will correct this oversight.
Scientists
Who Have Saved the Most Lives in History:
1: Al
Sommer: The Eye Doctor Who Discovered a Better
Use for Vitamin A...................................................................................................
6 Million
2:
Akira Endo: Statins–Life Extension for the Baby
Boomers.............. 5 Million
3:
Bill Foege: The Complete Eradication of
Smallpox...................... 122 Million
4:
David Nalin: ORT–A Revolutionary Therapy for
Diarrhea................. 50 Million
5:
Norman Borlaug: A Green Revolution to Enhance
Nutrition.......... 245 Million
6: John
Enders: The Father of Modern Vaccines............................ 114
Million
7:
Paul Muller: DDT & the Prevention of
Malaria............................... 21 Million
8:
Howard Florey: Penicillin–The Miracle of
Antibiotics..................... 80 Million
9:
Frederick Banting: Insulin–The First True Miracle
Drug................. 16 Million
10:
Carl Landsteiner: The Superman
Scientist–Discoverer of Blood
Groups..... ………………………………..………………………………1.038 Billion
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