This Man's Pill by Djerassi
Carl Djerassi was responsible for the chemical synthesis of the first steroid oral contraceptive: he is widely referred to as the 'father of the Pill'. In This Man's Pill, Djerassi reflects on the impact the invention of the oral contraceptive pill has had on the world, and on Djerassi himself.
Review from other book by this author Carl Djerassi's scientific authorship of one of the most socially significant innovations of our time is well knownIn this book, he examines the implications and social reception of the Pill with a combination of humanistic concern and careful socio-scientific analysis that is as rare as it is valuable. * Kenneth J Arrow, Nobel laureate in Economics, 1972 *
fascinating . . . entertaining * Redaktion Angewandte Chemie, 2002 *
It is attractively written, appealing to non-scientists as well as to chemists * Chemistry in Britain, January 2002 *
his essays are well worth reading * Nature 20/12/2001 *
To a degree almost totally foreign to scientists, Carl Djerassi has put himself and his science under the microscope. In the process, he ranges far afield from the social implications of this monumental synthesis of the birth control "Pill" to his most recent excursions into the expression of science in literature, with poetry, fiction and the drama as his media. Join this voyeuristic feast. * Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1958 *
fascinating . . . entertaining * Redaktion Angewandte Chemie, 2002 *
It is attractively written, appealing to non-scientists as well as to chemists * Chemistry in Britain, January 2002 *
his essays are well worth reading * Nature 20/12/2001 *
To a degree almost totally foreign to scientists, Carl Djerassi has put himself and his science under the microscope. In the process, he ranges far afield from the social implications of this monumental synthesis of the birth control "Pill" to his most recent excursions into the expression of science in literature, with poetry, fiction and the drama as his media. Join this voyeuristic feast. * Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1958 *
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 Sciences as 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's highest award, the Priestley Medal. For the past decade, he has turned to fiction writing, mostly in the genre of "science-in-fiction," whereby he illustrates, in the guise of realistic fiction, the human side of scientists and the personal conflicts faced by scientists in their quest for scie
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198606956 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198606958 |
| Title | This Man's Pill |
| Author | Djerassi |
| Series | Popular Science Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2003-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 322 |
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