The Hormone Factory

by Saskia Goldschmidt

Book Overview

A disturbing story that describes how the alliance between science and capitalism can lead to disaster when the people in charge lose track of their humanity Mordechai de Paauw was the Dutch cofounder and CEO of the first pharmaceutical company to invent the contraceptive pill and hormonal treatments. Hitler's invasion of Holland and the threat he poses to the survival of De Paauw's family and the Jewish scientists working for him doesn't affect De...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590516494
• ISBN13: 9781590516492
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"