This man's pill Rreflections on the 50th birthday of the pill
On October 15, 1951, in a small laboratory in Mexico City, one of the key episodes in 20th century social history occurred: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honored worldwide for that accomplishment, whic...
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Oxford,New York
Oxford University Press
2001
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| Institutions: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Summary: | On October 15, 1951, in a small laboratory in Mexico City, one of the key episodes in 20th century social history occurred: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honored worldwide for that accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not then foreseeable |
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| Physical Description: | 308 p. ill. 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 0198508727 9780198508724 |