num_pages: 336
description: The inventor of the pill and antihistamines describes how he synthesized cortisone and the pill at the age of twenty-eight and chronicles his career and his metamorphosis into a socially conscious scientist. 15000 first printing. $25000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, And Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography Of The Award-winning Scientist Who Synthesized The Birth-control Pill
publisher: Basic Books