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LSD - My problem child (Paperback)
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LSD - My problem child (Paperback)
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Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized
lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal
tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven
by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and serendipitously
noticed its profound effects on himself. Although his work produced
other important drugs, including methergine, hydergine and
dihydroergotamine, it was LSD that shaped his career. After his
discovery of LSD's properties, Hofmann spent years researching
sacred plants. He succeeded in isolating and synthesizing the
active compounds in the Psilocybe mexicana mushroom, which he named
psilocybin and psilocin. During the 60s, Hofmann struck up
friendships with personalities such as Aldous Huxley, Gordon
Wasson, and Timothy Leary. He continued to work at Sandoz until
1971 when he retired as Director of Research for the Department of
Natural Products. He subsequently served as a member of the Nobel
Prize Committee, and was nominated by Time magazine as one of the
most influential figures of the 20th century. In 2007, Albert
Hofmann asked Amanda Feilding if she could publish his Problem
Child, and shortly before his death he approved a new and updated
translation of his autobiography (first published by McGraw Hill in
1979). It appears here for the first time in print.
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