Informative and interesting. Never has a book paced between scientific discovery and self discovery so well, perhaps it's the topic at hand. 

But Pihkal paints an honest portrait of Shulgins legacy in both his historical placement in our drug governments programs and then with his own creative twist of relived storytelling of his friends and academics who rebuked it. 

Also Alice/Ann, his second wife, wrote chapters which was a welcomed change of perspective, both of them had stories to tell. I appreciate their knowledge, journey, and ultimately the important work that was completed at a time when it seemed the world didn't want to embrace it.