Re: The Homepage of Dr. Carl Djerassi

Prof. Carl Djerassi (djerassi@leland.stanford.edu)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT)

FROM THE PILL TO THE PEN

Carl Djerassi, a professor of chemistry at Stanford University,
is
one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the
National
Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of a steroid oral
contraceptive--"the Pill") and the National Medal of Technology (for
promoting new approaches to insect control).

He has now turned to fiction writing, mostly in the genre of
"science-in-fiction," whereby he illustrates, in the guise of realistic
fiction, the human side of scientists and the personal conflicts faced
by
scientists in their quest for scientific knowledge, personal
recognition,
and financial rewards. Two of his novels, CANTOR'S DILEMMA and THE
BOURBAKI
GAMBIT, are already used as college and even high school reading to
examine
the ethical problems associated with the search for truth, fame, and
fortune.

Carl Djerassi