{"product_id":"this-mans-pill-reflections-on-the-50th-birthday-of-the-pill-9780198606956","title":"This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carl Djerassi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Scientists - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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. \u003cbr\u003e Now, on the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event, Djerassi weaves a compelling personal narrative full of self-reflection and humor, illuminating the impact this invention has had on the world at large and on him personally. \u003cem\u003eThis Man's Pill\u003c\/em\u003e presents a forcefully revisionist account of the early history of the Pill, debunking many of the journalistic and romantic accounts of its scientific origin. Djerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no Pill for men or why Japan only approved the Pill in 1999 (together with Viagra). Emphasizing that development of the Pill occurred during the post-War period of technological euphoria, he believes that it could not be repeated in today's climate. Would the sexual revolution of the 1960s or the impending separation of sex (\"in bed\") and fertilization (\"under the microscope\") still have happened? \u003cbr\u003e Djerassi also credits the Pill with radically altering his life, allowing him to become one of the few American chemists to have a second career, that of a novelist and playwright. These talents are clearly evident in \u003cem\u003eThis Man's Pill\u003c\/em\u003e, a superbly written and uniquely authoritative account of a discovery that changed the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969763000471,"sku":"9780198606956","price":3030.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198606956.webp?v=1782923938","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/this-mans-pill-reflections-on-the-50th-birthday-of-the-pill-9780198606956","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}