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'''LSD: My Problem Child''' (German: '''LSD: Mein Sorgenkind''') is a 1980 book written by Swiss chemist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann Albert Hofmann] about the history of LSD that he discovered in 1943. It contains a collection of Hofmanns encounters with scientists, artists, and hippies who were interested in his discovery for a variety of reasons, aswell as many personal insights. The full book is free available at [https://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/lsd_my_problem_child/chapter1.shtml Erowid] and [https://maps.org/images/pdf/books/lsdmyproblemchild.pdf MAPS]. | '''LSD: My Problem Child''' (German: '''LSD: Mein Sorgenkind''') is a 1980 book written by Swiss chemist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann Albert Hofmann] about the history of [[LSD]] that he discovered in 1943. It contains a collection of Hofmanns encounters with scientists, artists, and hippies who were interested in his discovery for a variety of reasons, aswell as many personal anecdotes and insights. The full book is free available at [https://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/lsd_my_problem_child/chapter1.shtml Erowid] and [https://maps.org/images/pdf/books/lsdmyproblemchild.pdf MAPS]. | ||
{{quote3|text=Numerous accounts of the discovery of LSD have been published in English; none, unfortunately, have been completely accurate. Here, at last, the father of LSD details the history of his "problem child" and his long and fruitful career as a research chemist. In a real sense, this book is the inside story of the birth of the Psychedelic Age, and it cannot be denied that we have here a highly candid and personal insight into one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time, the signiflcance of which has yet to dawn on mankind. |author=Jonathan Ott|source=Translator's Preface in Albert Hofmann, LSD: My Problem Child, 1980.}} | {{quote3|text=Numerous accounts of the discovery of LSD have been published in English; none, unfortunately, have been completely accurate. Here, at last, the father of LSD details the history of his "problem child" and his long and fruitful career as a research chemist. In a real sense, this book is the inside story of the birth of the Psychedelic Age, and it cannot be denied that we have here a highly candid and personal insight into one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time, the signiflcance of which has yet to dawn on mankind. |author=Jonathan Ott|source=Translator's Preface in Albert Hofmann, LSD: My Problem Child, 1980.}} |
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LSD: My Problem Child (German: LSD: Mein Sorgenkind) is a 1980 book written by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann about the history of LSD that he discovered in 1943. It contains a collection of Hofmanns encounters with scientists, artists, and hippies who were interested in his discovery for a variety of reasons, aswell as many personal anecdotes and insights. The full book is free available at Erowid and MAPS.
“ | Numerous accounts of the discovery of LSD have been published in English; none, unfortunately, have been completely accurate. Here, at last, the father of LSD details the history of his "problem child" and his long and fruitful career as a research chemist. In a real sense, this book is the inside story of the birth of the Psychedelic Age, and it cannot be denied that we have here a highly candid and personal insight into one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time, the signiflcance of which has yet to dawn on mankind. | ” |
— Jonathan Ott, Translator's Preface in Albert Hofmann, LSD: My Problem Child, 1980. |
See also
External links
LSD - mein Sorgenkind Erowid. (in German)