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Carl Djerassi. Scientist

Austrian-American Carl Djerassi (1923-2015) was born in Vienna. He revolutionised the field of female contraception when he and his team of chemists produced synthetic progesterone which led to the development of the first oral contraceptive pill.

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04:02 Meeting my father after 10 years Carl Djerassi - Scientist	05:31 My daughter's suicide Carl Djerassi - Scientist	05:01 My daughter Pamela Carl Djerassi - Scientist	02:26 My father's death and a revelation Carl Djerassi - Scientist	05:02 Picasso sculpture unveils problems in my marriage Carl Djerassi - Scientist
03:26 Relationship with my mother in later life Carl Djerassi - Scientist	05:16 Admitting to my children that I had a previous... Carl Djerassi - Scientist	06:23 My parents and my early childhood Carl Djerassi - Scientist	04:00 Removing my first wife from my Who's Who entry Carl Djerassi - Scientist	03:12 Escaping the Nazis and learning English in Bulgaria Carl Djerassi - Scientist
01:06 We donated the Picasso Carl Djerassi - Scientist	04:35 My family and my childhood in Vienna Carl Djerassi - Scientist	02:53 Becoming an Austrian citizen Carl Djerassi - Scientist	06:42 Meeting my second wife and divorce from my first... Carl Djerassi - Scientist	05:56 Reading from a coda inspired by my daughter's death Carl Djerassi - Scientist
03:01 Writing inspired by my daughter's death Carl Djerassi - Scientist	07:11 'I want them to know that I'm Jewish' Carl Djerassi - Scientist	03:12 Writing fiction as auto-psychoanalysis Carl Djerassi - Scientist	06:02 Elias Canetti Carl Djerassi - Scientist	04:37 Working on steroids at Ciba Carl Djerassi - Scientist