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 honored world-wide for that acco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Djerassi, Carl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Djerassi, Carl, > 1923-
Oral contraceptives > History.
Oral contraceptives > Anecdotes.
Oral contraceptives.
Research.
Contraceptives, Oral > history
Contraceptives, Oral
Drug Approval
Research
Contraceptifs oraux > Histoire.
Contraceptifs oraux > Anecdotes.
Contraceptifs oraux.
Recherche.
research (function)
Oral contraceptives
Orale anticonceptiva.
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Anecdotes
History
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An exaltation of thirty : Murasaki and company
  • 2. Genealogy and birth of the Pill
  • ch. 3. Bitter pills
  • 4. The view from Tokyo
  • 5. Sex and immortality
  • 6. From the Pill to the PC
  • 7. Science-in-fiction is not science fiction : is it autobiography?
  • 8. Behind the scrim of fiction
  • 9. The softer chemist
  • 10. The Pill and Paul Klee
  • 11. Science on stage
  • 12. What if?

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