History of Nootropics
  • Chapter Summaries and Slides
    • The Limiting Factor For Brain Growth In Evolution (Ch.1)
    • Plants, Insects, and the Human Brain (Ch. 2)
    • Coffee and the Enlightenment (Ch. 3)
    • Making Chemistry Fashionable (Ch. 4)
    • Neuroscience of the 20th Century (Ch. 5)
    • Coffee, Stimulants and War – Drugs For Good and Evil (Ch. 6)
    • An Accidental Discovery With Unusual Properties (Ch. 7)
    • Nootropics: Towards the Mind (Ch. 8)
    • Premature Babies To Aging Populations (Ch. 9)
    • From the Lab to the Web, Increasing the Speed of Science (Ch. 10)
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Chapter 6: Drugs For Good and Evil (Coffee, Stimulants and War)

[This chapter has not yet been adapted for the website, sorry, please see the videos]

For the part on WWII and Nazi’s and stimulant use see this talk by the expert himself, Norman Ohler:

Chapters

  • Chapter Summaries and Slides
    • The Limiting Factor For Brain Growth In Evolution (Ch.1)
    • Plants, Insects, and the Human Brain (Ch. 2)
    • Coffee and the Enlightenment (Ch. 3)
    • Making Chemistry Fashionable (Ch. 4)
    • Neuroscience of the 20th Century (Ch. 5)
    • Coffee, Stimulants and War – Drugs For Good and Evil (Ch. 6)
    • An Accidental Discovery With Unusual Properties (Ch. 7)
    • Nootropics: Towards the Mind (Ch. 8)
    • Premature Babies To Aging Populations (Ch. 9)
    • From the Lab to the Web, Increasing the Speed of Science (Ch. 10)

 

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  • Chapter Summaries and Slides
    • The Limiting Factor For Brain Growth In Evolution (Ch.1)
    • Plants, Insects, and the Human Brain (Ch. 2)
    • Coffee and the Enlightenment (Ch. 3)
    • Making Chemistry Fashionable (Ch. 4)
    • Neuroscience of the 20th Century (Ch. 5)
    • Coffee, Stimulants and War – Drugs For Good and Evil (Ch. 6)
    • An Accidental Discovery With Unusual Properties (Ch. 7)
    • Nootropics: Towards the Mind (Ch. 8)
    • Premature Babies To Aging Populations (Ch. 9)
    • From the Lab to the Web, Increasing the Speed of Science (Ch. 10)