The self-taught chemist. Linus Pauling's lifelong fascination with chemistry was ignited during childhood by a friend's chemistry set. He was born on February 28, 1901, in Portland, Oregon ...

An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry. By Prof. Linus Pauling. Third edition. (The George Fisher Baker Non-resident Lectureship in Chemistry at Cornell University.) Pp. xx + 644.

Here's what you need to know. Vitamin C does not prevent colds "Nobel prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling famously claimed in the 1970s that high doses of vitamin C prevented the common cold," says ...

"He was, in my judgment at least, the greatest and most original scientist--especially in chemistry--in the 20th century," says Norman Davidson, a professor, emeritus, of biology and chemistry at the ...

Over his long career, Dr. Karplus had crossed paths with some of the most important scientists of the 20th century, including Linus Pauling and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Scientists can control the ...