Science of Synthesis Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations Book

Albert Hoffman completed his PhD in Zürich at the age of 23, synthesized LSD-25 at 32, has been experimenting with psychedelic substances till 98 and died aged 102. In this book he writes about his childhood, about the discovery of LSD and its role in psychiatric research, about his trips to Mexico for sacred Indian rituals involving psychoactive mushrooms and seeds, about his encounters with various people from Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary to crazy american hippies and about what all this psychedelic stuff might actually mean. It's a little bit more boring that I've expected, but still pretty educational and interesting enough.