Douglas Hand is a free-lance writer with an interest in science, and lives in New York. He has written for Smithsonian, Life , and Geo . Articles by this Contributor Summer 1985 1955: The Making of the Polio Vaccine Behind Jonas Salk’s triumph lay the work of hundreds of doctors and scientists over several decades—and considerable controversy Read >> Fall 1985 955: The Making Of The Polio Vaccine Behind Jonas Salk’s triumph lay the work of hundreds of doctors and scientists over several decades—and considerable controversy Read >>