{"product_id":"free-radicals-how-a-group-of-romantic-experimenters-gave-birth-to-psychedelic-science-paperback","title":"Free Radicals: How a Group of Romantic Experimenters Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Jay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the circle of scientists, poets and dissidents who discovered laughing gas--and forever changed our understanding of the mind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An unlikely circle of doctors, chemists, poets and political radicals formed a group round the maverick physician Thomas Beddoes. In the closing years of the eighteenth century, he founded the first modern medical institute, the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol. When he and its researchers discovered the mind-altering properties of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, what was a pioneering public health initiative became a freewheeling exploration of consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Celebrated historian Mike Jay tells the story of Dr. Beddoes and his group of unorthodox experimenters. With the support of Erasmus Darwin and poets Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a laboratory designed by James Watt and funded by Thomas Wedgwood, and the self-experimenting chemistry assistant Humphrey Davy, Beddoes precipitated a revolution in scientific investigation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Radicals\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time charts the intellectual ferment of the Institute and reveals its crucial influence--as the crucible of the Romantic movement, and the birthplace of modern drug culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Jay \u003c\/b\u003ehas written extensively on scientific and medical history and contributes regularly to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books on the history of drugs include \u003ci\u003eHigh Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMescaline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePsychonauts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 7.76 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978182263085,"sku":"9780300282610","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fp730jHSw29780300282610.webp?v=1775800881","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/free-radicals-how-a-group-of-romantic-experimenters-gave-birth-to-psychedelic-science-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}