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Biographical Memoirs: Volume 71 (1997)
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LINUS CARL PAULING
February 28, 1901-August 19, 1994
BY Shit D. DUNITZ
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Linus Pauling
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
Linus Carl PaulingFRS (PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994)[4] was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics.[5]New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time.[6] For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen, Frederick Sanger, and Karl Barry Sharpless).[7] Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes,[8] and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie.[7]
Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology.[9] His contributions to the theory of the chemical bond include the concept of orbital hybridisation and the first accurate scale of electronegativities of the elements. Pauling also worked on the structures of biologic
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Linus Pauling (1901-1994)
The name, Linus Pauling, is often identified with vitamin C, the common cold and flu, and the treatment of cancer. Yet while it is true that Linus Pauling, PhD, did more to advance awareness of the role of vitamin supplementation in health promotion than any person in history, to narrowly define his contributions to vitamin C advocacy is to overlook the scope and impact of Dr Pauling’s work, which spanned more than 70 years.
Many biographies have been written about the life of Linus Pauling and his wife Ava Helen. One of my favorites is Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling by Thomas Hager.1 This book offers an excellent historical account of their lives, and reveals the impact they had and still have on society.
However, given that you can read about his life in many sources, my comments in this history will focus on a few of the personal experiences I had with Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, both before and during my time as a research associate at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. These personal experiences, I believe, offer insight into the legacy left behind by their work and advocacies.
One afternoon, during a meeting with Dr Pauling, I was struck by a framed photograph on the wall of his office. The photograph—a sn