First edition. Tall thin 8vo. Pp. xii, 276, [1]. Quarter-bound maroon cloth over speckled, beige boards, lettered in gilt to spine; matching beige endpapers.
Signed and dated by Author to title-page.
The Biotech industry of Silicon Valley is the setting for Carl Djerassi's novel No (nitric oxide), which concludes his "science-in-fiction" tetralogy with the re-appearance of many of the characters from the preceding novels Cantor's Dilemma, The Bourbaki Gambit, and Menachem's Seed. Internationally known as "The Father of the Pill", Djerassi focuses on current cutting-edge research in the treatment of male impotence and the accurate at-home prediction of female ovulation.