An Immaculate Misconception (Library Edition Audio CDs) [Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Carl Djerassi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

Dr. Melanie Laidlaw is a woman scientist developing the first use of ICSI, short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Her colleague and collaborator, Dr. Felix Krankenthaler, turns out to have his own ideas about how to best implement their pioneering procedure. The wild card is Melanie's newly acquired lover, Menachem Dvir, a fellow scientist. This darkly comic menage-a-trois plays out not only in bedrooms and labs, but also in test-tubes and under the microscope. A Brave New World indeed! Directed by Jenny Sullivan.

A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Philip Casnoff, Kevin Kilner, Kendall Schmidt, amd Jobeth Williams

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About the Author

Carl Djerassi, professor Chemistry emeritus at Stanford University, is one of the few American chemists to have been awarded both the U.S. National Medal of Science (for the first synthesis of the Pill) and the U.S. National Medal of Technology. He has published short stories, poetry, and autobiography, and most recently a memoir as well as five novels that illustrate through "science-in-fiction" the human side of science and the personal conflicts faced by scientists. He is the founder of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in California, which provides residencies for artists in the visual arts, literature, music and the performing arts.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works; Unabridged edition (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580812864
• ISBN-13: 978-1580812863
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,768,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)