Optimization and Identification of Systems Governed by Evolution Equations of Banach Space (... Book

I got this as a gift from someone whose taste I trust implicitly, so read it despite not having had much interest in LSD since high school (when, frankly, I had a fairly serious and highly personal interest in the compound).

It's a beautifully written account of the role LSD played in the social and psychological upheavals of the '60s. The early chapters on the CIA's early experiments with acid as a mind-control tool are especially interesting.

The authors' historical research chops are impressive, but their attempts to be objective about LSD are shaky at best. They're clearly in the pro-acid, anti-establishment camp, and their hippie advocacy puts something of a damper on an otherwise great investigation of the heretofore underexamined link between this particular drug and the politics of liberation.

On the whole, a very good read. Certainly recommended for anyone who cares about LSD in anything more than a casual way (which set, for better or worse, does not include me).