Pauling, Linus Biography

Pauling, Linus (1964). Modern Structural Chemistry. In Nobel Lectures Including Presentation Speeches and Laureates Biographies, Chemistry 1942-1962. New York Elsevier. Also available from . 

For a brief life of this brilliant man, try the Web page of the Swedish Academy of Science, who awarded him two Nobel prizes go to http //www.nobel.se/chemistry/ laureates/1954/pauling-bio.html. Alternatively, his authorized biography, Linus Pauling, is by Anthony Serafini, Paragon House, 1991. 

Hager, Thomas. Force of Nature The Life of Linus Pauling. New York Simon Schuster, 1995. This is a balanced biography of Pauling that includes an accessible discussion of his scientific work. 

Included as Part V (Chapter 18) is a short, science-oriented biography of Pauhng by Prof. Jack Dunitz. At the end of Part III, and again at the end of Part IV, is a group of photographs of Linus Pauling with coUeagues/co-authors of the period. 

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