 Put a carbon here, and you have estradiol, the female sex hormone; add just one carbon atom and you have testosterone. And what a difference that single atom makes! This program profiles the multifaceted life of Carl Djerassi—novelist, art collector, professor of chemistry at Stanford University, and, as he likes to think of himself, mother of the pill—while shedding some light on the intricacies of steroid chemistry. (26 minutes)
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