In Retrospect: From the Pill to the Pen

by Carl Djerassi

Book Overview

These are the reflections of a nonagenarian polymath describing the shift from a fifty-year-long career as a world-famous chemist to a subsequent twenty-five-year immersion in "science-in-fiction" and "science-in-theater," which is virtually unique among contemporary scientists. Sharply self-critical, yet full of humor, this autobiographical account covers themes such as the future of sex in an age of technological reproduction, the history of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783265310
• ISBN13: 9781783265312
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"