Ramon Pinon JrRamon Piñon Jr. retired from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) after thirty-six years of teaching and research. He taught a wide variety of classes spanning a broad area of modern biology, developed the first Human Reproduction course in theUCSD Biology department in 1973 and taught it for many years. Out of that experience came his textbook Biology of Human Reproduction published by University Science Books in 2002. His transformation of his textbook into a form more suitable for the lay reader has led to his latest books, Becoming Female and Male: Our Extraordinary and Perilous Journey, which focuses on the biological aspects of our reproductive system, and the present volume Friction and Fantasy: Opening Pandora's Box, a historical and scientific exploration of human sexuality. Read More Read Less