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 ...
The two-time Nobel laureate, winner of prizes in chemistry in 1954 and peace in 1962, passed away at his home in Big Sur, Calif. He succumbed to prostate cancer, which he had been battling for about a ...
When Linus Pauling wrote about this bond in 1931 ... during which time he won a Nobel Peace Prize and a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making him the only person to win two solo Nobel Prizes—but ...
Author of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Recognized as the father of molecular biology. Discovered sickle cell anemia was a molecular disease, opening the way toward examining genetically acquired ...
About 90 years ago, American chemical engineer Linus Pauling proposed a unique concept ... to pave the way for further ...
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.
This vital theoretical concept in chemistry, first introduced by American chemist Linus Pauling in 1932 as ‘the power of an atom in a molecule to attract electrons to itself’, has played a significant ...