givemesomethingtoread:

People who know a lot about a lot have long been an exclusive club, but now they are an endangered species.

(Thanks, Matt Lehrer)

Great.

Carl Djerassi is a polymath. Strictly speaking that means he is someone who knows a lot about a lot. But Djerassi also passes a sterner test: he can do a lot, too. As a chemist (synthesising cortisone and helping invent the Pill); an art collector (he assembled one of the world’s largest collections of works by Paul Klee); and an author (19 books and plays), he has accomplished more than enough for one lifetime.