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The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

byJonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig uses The Birth of the Pill to investigate how Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution through a carefully framed historical account. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the wider field of science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Together, these elements make The Birth of the Pill an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication date

2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9780393351897