The pill at 43 [sound recording] : what now? / Carl Djerassi, Ph. D.

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The pill at 43 [sound recording] : what now? / Carl Djerassi, Ph. D.

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The discoverer of the first oral contraceptive, Carl Djerassi, Ph. D., will discuss both the nature of his discovery and its impact on society. [Description from Sarah Lawrence College Weekly Calendar for Nov. 14-20, 1994].

1 sound cassette : analog.

Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library

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Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library

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University research scientist and industrialist, Djerassi is most famous for synthesizing the first oral contraceptive. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923, he emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received his B.A. in 1942 from Kenyon College and worked briefly with the Ciba Phamaceutical Company before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught at Wayne State University in Detroit and worked at the pharmaceutical company Syntex in Mexico before joining the Stanfo...