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Science May 8, 2008 DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.727e (opens in new tab)

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Key points Reports the death of Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, at age 102 from a heart attack.

Abstract

JUST CURIOUS. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist whose discovery of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) fueled an era of psychedelic art and music, died of a heart attack on 29 April in Basel, Switzerland. He was 102.