The fatal mistake of genius

Due to accidentally, the world's greatest chemist has invented a kind of substance that makes people immerse in hallucinations. That's why, not only was praised as a genius, his name was also mentioned when he was the author of the world's most evil invention - drugs.

The world's most 'evil' invention

On April 16, 1943, when he performed experiments to peel off a fungus in wheat, suddenly Albert Hofmann felt his mind wobble and the spirit fell into a dreamy state. His mind immediately appeared miraculous images, many brilliant colors.

He suspected that he had inhaled substances related to LSD-25 , a substance studied five years ago. After that, Albert continued to study and released a new substance called LSD. Experimenting on himself, he fell into a state of insanity, lost feeling and didn't know what he was doing.

which is a hallucinogenic drug and changes mood, can be considered an extremely powerful hallucinogenic drug. LSD is tasteless, odorless, and colorless.

Albert Hofmann knew that LSD was a formidable nerve-damaging substance, but he also hoped that this substance would make important contributions in the field of medicine, especially in the field of psychiatry, which was later published. This invention is broad.

However, contrary to Albert Hofmann's desire, LSD was then primarily abused as a drug, adversely affecting society and currently banned in many countries.

Therefore, in addition to being praised as a genius, Albert is also known as the author of the world's most 'evil' invention.

Great chemist Albert Hofmann.

The most famous chemist in the world

(January 11, 1906-29 April 2008) was a famous Swiss scientist. Born and raised in Baden, Albert was the eldest of a family of four children whose father worked as a factory worker.

Due to the difficult circumstances of the family, godfather must pay the full cost of Albert's education. When his father was sick, he did a lot of work, besides his passion for scientific research.

From a young age, Albert Hofmann liked to discover the mysteries of nature, growing up and studying at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Zurich-Switzerland with the desire to become an excellent chemist.

At that time, his main concern was the chemical components in animals and plants. So he conducted many important studies on chemical structure in animals containing chitin - so he excelled in getting a doctorate in the spring of 1929, when he was only 23 years old.

After graduating, this young doctor went to work at the pharmaceutical firm Sandoz in Basel-Switzerland, whose main job was to research and manufacture drugs.

Albert Hofmann is also the author of more than 100 scientific papers and numerous books, countless important inventions. His name always appears at the top of the list of the greatest geniuses in the world.