Father of LSD: Who is Albert Hofmann?

Father of LSD: Who is Albert Hofmann?

Albert Hofmann is a Swiss chemist who is the inventor of LSD, which is considered a narcotic and banned in many countries. Hofmann discovered the psychedelic LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide-25), used by millions of people from the hippie generation in the 1960s, in 1938 while researching the medicinal uses of mold fungi found in wheat and other grains at the pharmaceutical company Sandoz.

Discoverer of the 'God particle': Who is Peter Higgs?

Discoverer of the 'God particle': Who is Peter Higgs?

He wrote the theory of the god particle, which is believed to add mass to particles such as electrons and quarks. They conducted experiments at CERN and proved the existence of that particle. He received the Nobel Prize in 2013 for his work on this subject. British scientist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the Higgs boson, died at the age of 94.