Summary of Jonathan Eig's The Birth of the Pill

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Pincus was a biologist and the world’s leading expert in mammalian reproduction. He had attempted to breed rabbits in Petri dishes using much the same technology that decades later would lead to in vitro fertilization for humans. But Americans were not ready to hear such things. #2 Pincus and his colleague Hudson Hoagland, who had also been working on birth control, launched their own scientific research cente