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- catalog abstract ""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 accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not forseeable. On the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and occasional humour on the impact this invention has had on the world at large and on him personally. He credits the Pill with radically altering his academic career at Stanford University to become one of the few American chemists writing novels and plays." "This Man's Pill presents a revisionist account of the early history of the Pill, debunking many of the journalistic and romantic accounts of its scientific origin. Djerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no Pill for men or why Japan only approved the Pill in 1999 (together with Viagra). Emphasizing that development of the Pill occurred during the post-War period of technological euphoria, he believes that it could not be repeated in today's climate. Would the sexual revolution of the 1960s or the impending separation of sex ('in bed') and fertilization ('under the microscope') still have happened? This Man's Pill answers such questions while providing a uniquely authoritative account of a discovery that changed the world."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12228564.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""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 accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not forseeable. On the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and occasional humour on the impact this invention has had on the world at large and on him personally. He credits the Pill with radically altering his academic career at Stanford University to become one of the few American chemists writing novels and plays."".
- catalog description ""This Man's Pill presents a revisionist account of the early history of the Pill, debunking many of the journalistic and romantic accounts of its scientific origin. Djerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no Pill for men or why Japan only approved the Pill in 1999 (together with Viagra). Emphasizing that development of the Pill occurred during the post-War period of technological euphoria, he believes that it could not be repeated in today's climate. Would the sexual revolution of the 1960s or the impending separation of sex ('in bed') and fertilization ('under the microscope') still have happened? This Man's Pill answers such questions while providing a uniquely authoritative account of a discovery that changed the world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "This man's pill.".
- catalog identifier "0198606958 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "This man's pill.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "This man's pill.".
- catalog subject "613.9432092 21".
- catalog subject "Chemists Biography.".
- catalog subject "Contraceptives, Oral Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Contraceptives, Oral history.".
- catalog subject "Djerassi, Carl, 1923-".
- catalog subject "Drug Approval Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Drug Approval".
- catalog subject "Oral contraceptives Anecdotes.".
- catalog subject "Oral contraceptives History.".
- catalog subject "Oral contraceptives Social aspects History.".
- catalog subject "QV 177 D624t 2001".
- catalog subject "RG137.5 .D57 2001".
- catalog subject "Research Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Research".
- catalog tableOfContents "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?".
- catalog title "This man's pill : reflections on the 50th birthday of the pill / Carl Djerassi.".
- catalog type "Anecdotes. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".