Linus Pauling : advancing science, advocating peace /

Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pasachoff, Naomi E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley Heights, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, [2004]
Series:Nobel Prize-winning scientists.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • A laureate respected and suspected
  • An Oregon boyhood
  • Undergraduate years
  • Pasadena and Europe
  • Bridging chemistry and physics
  • Bridging chemistry, biology, and medicine
  • Patriot or traitor?
  • In search of a new home
  • Industrious to the end.