Linus Pauling : scientist and peacemaker / edited by Clifford Mead, Thomas Hager.

Author/creator Pauling, Linus
Other author Mead, Clifford.
Other author Hager, Thomas.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCorvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2001.
Description272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994.
Science--History.
Scientists--United States. --Biography.

Contents The roots of genius / Tom Hager -- A Pauling chronology / Robert Paradowski -- My best friend ; Diary excerpts / Linus Pauling -- Interview with Dr. Linus Pauling / Wayne Reynolds -- Summer employment ; Children of the dawn / Linus Pauling -- Linus Pauling, the teacher / David P. Shoemaker -- The incident on the cliff / Linus Pauling -- The scientific contributions of Linus Pauling / Jack Dunitz -- Early years of physical chemistry at Caltech ; The original manuscript for The nature of the chemical bond ; Modern structural chemistry : Nobel lecture 1954 / Linus Pauling -- Pauling and Beadle / George Gray -- Sickel-cell anemia / Bruno Strasser -- How I developed an interest in the question of the nature of life ; The discovery of the Alpha helix / Linus Pauling -- The triple helix / Thomas Hager -- The genius of the molecular clock / Gregory J. Morgan -- Orthomolecular medicine defined / Linus Pauling -- "There will always be something interesting" : interview with Neil A. Campbell -- An episode that changed my life ; The ultimate decision / Linus Pauling -- Meet the press -- Science and peace, Nobel lecture 1963 ; Man : an irrational animal ; A world in which every human being can live a good life / Linus Pauling.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00011894
ISBN0870714899 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks Q143.P25 A3 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold