Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Albert Hofmann
Born: January 11, 1906
Died: April 29, 2008 (aged 102)
Bio: Albert Hofmann was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide.
Known for:
- LSD, my problem child (1979)
- Plants of the Gods (1979)
- Hofmann's Elixir: LSD and the New Eleusis (2008)
- The Physics of Synchrotron Radiation (2004)