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Obituary Albert Hofmann
01May08
This week Albert Hofmann died, the Swiss chemist who synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD, the drug with extreme hallucinogenic properties. What was lacking in most news coverage was the fact that Albert Hofmann also had in interest in the history of drug use and of drug induced trances in a religious context, [...]
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At the Annual Conference of the Classical Association there was, for the first time, room for poster presentations. As posters are rather ephemeral, I want to ask your attention for a very interesting poster (which won first price in the poster competition as well) by Diana Rodriguez of the University of Leon in Spain, on the [...]
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