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19th April 1943. Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist working for the phamaceutical industry Sandoz, rides home on his bike. He has just taken 250 micrograms of a synthesized compound he prepared in order totest its stimulating effects on blood circulation. What happens during his ride back home, upsets his notion of reality, but above all marks the birth of what , a couple of decades later, will become a real myth in popular culture: Hofman experiences colourful visions, both marvelous and monstrous, perceptions of parallel reality, terror, euphoria. LSD is born. Lysergic acid diethylamide 25.What happens since that day, passed to history asBicycle Day, is all in the book by Agnese Codignola: scientific research and psychedelic culture, beat generation, Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary, the summer love, the Beatles and the “crazy diamond” Syd Barret. But also the role of LSD in the technological revolution in the Silicon Valley – Steve Jobs even wrote a letter to Hofmann to thank him – and the renewed interest of medical research that today experiments it with success to treat headache, depression and addictions.The most accurate and complete book on this issue, written by a researcher and journalist, in a style which perfectly combines scientific accuracy and dissemination capacity in a clear and elegant way.