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51. Accommodation in New York: the Roths and the Meiers | 46 | 02:22 | |
52. Two years in Newark Junior College | 37 | 03:12 | |
53. The draft and writing a letter to Mrs Roosevelt | 53 | 04:13 | |
54. Looking for a scholarship | 50 | 03:33 | |
55. Tarkio college and giving lectures | 63 | 05:58 | |
56. Paying to hear myself speak | 57 | 02:04 | |
57. Going to Kenyon College, Ohio | 150 | 05:18 | |
58. Getting a job at Ciba working on antihistamines | 72 | 05:11 | |
59. Going to graduate school | 80 | 03:00 | |
60. Life at Wisconsin University | 85 | 03:09 |
Austrian-American Carl Djerassi (1923-2015) was best known for his work on the synthesis of the steroid cortisone and then of a progesterone derivative that was the basis of the first contraceptive pill. He wrote a number of books, plays and poems, in the process inventing a new genre, 'science-in-fiction', illustrated by the novel 'Cantor's Dilemma' which explores ethics in science.
Title: Paying to hear myself speak
Listeners: Tamara Tracz
Tamara Tracz is a writer and filmmaker based in London.
Tags: Readers Digest, Shenandoah, Iowa
Duration: 2 minutes, 4 seconds
Date story recorded: September 2005
Date story went live: 24 January 2008