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Carl Djerassi

This Man's Pill

Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

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October 15, 1951 marks the birthday of one of the key episodes in 20th century social history: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive in a small laboratory in Mexico City - an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honoured worldwide for that accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were notforeseeable. On the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and occas… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-159301-7
  • EAN: 9780191593017
  • Produktnummer: 16948509
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 20'470 KB

Über den Autor


Carl Djerassi, professor of chemistry at Stanford University, is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive - the Pill) and the National Medal of Technology (for promoting new approaches to insect control). A member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciencesas well as many foreign academies, Djerassi has received 18 honorary doctorates together with numerous other honours, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Chemical Society'shighest award, the Priestley Medal.

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