LEADER 02748nam 2200565 450 001 9910458028003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-159301-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001280640 035 $a(EBL)1675131 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001217536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11726836 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001217536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11202984 035 $a(PQKB)10011090 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1675131 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1675131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10867974 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL601931 035 $a(OCoLC)606555870 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001280640 100 $a20140514h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThis man's pill $ereflections on the 50th birthday of the pill /$fCarl Djerassi 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-860695-8 311 $a1-306-70680-7 327 $aCover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Author's Biographical Sketch; By the same author; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1: An exaltation of thirty: Murasaki and company; Chapter 2: Genealogy and birth of the Pill; Chapter 3: Bitter Pills; Chapter 4: The view from Tokyo; Chapter 5: Sex and immortality; Chapter 6: From the Pill to the PC; Chapter 7: Science-in-fiction is not science fiction. Is it autobiography?; Chapter 8: Behind the scrim of fiction; Chapter 9: The softer chemist; Chapter 10: The Pill and Paul Klee; Chapter 11: Science on stage; Chapter 12: What if?; Index 330 $aOctober 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 not foreseeable. Onthe 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 606 $aOral contraceptives$xHistory 606 $aOral contraceptives$vAnecdotes 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOral contraceptives$xHistory. 615 0$aOral contraceptives 676 $a613.9/432 700 $aDjerassi$b Carl$090903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458028003321 996 $aThis man's pill$92057633 997 $aUNINA