The name of Prof. Carl Djerassi, the world-renowned chemist from Stanford University, is familiar to many Bulgarian scientists and intellectuals. The discoverer of the contraceptive pill, he is also the author of several books and plays belonging to the genre of science-in-fiction, which is almost unknown in Bulgaria and has no connection with science fiction. The book "Cantor's Dilemma" is a story about the path to the Nobel Prize, the ethics of science, and interpersonal relationships.