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Carl who?

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The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse: The Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who Synthesized the Birth Control Pill.

By Carl Djerassi. Basic Books: 1992. Pp. 319. $25.

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