DEATHS
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.