Linus Pauling

Also known as Linus Carl Pauling, Linus C. Pauling

American scientist (1901–1994)

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Linus Pauling was a male person from the United States. He was born in 1901 and died in 1994. He received two Nobel Prizes. His works are recognized in the Royal Society collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, and the Nobel Peace collection.

Pauling authored 115 works, including *Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry* and *Song of peace*. He also wrote *量子力學序論* and contributed to the *Proceedings of the third international congress of the Iranian Chemical Society*. He has an Erdős number of 4. His quote states, "The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war." His name is referenced by 1,867 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1901
Died: 1994
Works: 115

Top works

Song of peace
量子力學序論
Introduction to Quantum Mechanicswith Applications to Chemistry
Proceedings of the third international congress of the Iranian Chemical Society
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1901-02-28
Active to: 1994-08-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,660
Total plays: 10,508

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The structure of proteins: Two hydrogen-bonded helical configurations of the polypeptide chain
· 1951 · cited 2,452x
Colour Measurement and Analysis in Fresh and Processed Foods: A Review
· 2012 · cited 1,895x
How open is innovation?
· 2010 · cited 1,862x
Atomic Radii and Interatomic Distances in Metals
· 1947 · cited 1,803x
Evolutionary Divergence and Convergence in Proteins
· 1965 · cited 1,777x

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Quotes

“A substance showing resonance between two or more valence-bond structures does not contain molecules with the configurations and properties usually associated with these structures.”
“Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be. Science will go on — whether we are pessimistic, or are optimistic, as I am. I know that great, interesting, and valuable discoveries can be made and will be made… But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe — and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.”
“We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man's power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man. We must solve them by arbitration, negotiation, and the development of international law, the making of international agreements that will do justice to all nations and to all peoples and will benefit all nations and to all people. Now is the time to start.”
“Planck’s constant and the quantum theory that is built around it are of extreme importance for chemistry—we may well be justified in saying that quantum theory is of greater importance to chemistry than to physics ... there is no part of chemistry that does not depend, in its fundamental theory, upon quantum principles.”
“The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used - we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.The time has now come for morality to take its proper place in the conduct of world affairs; the time has now come for the nations of the world to submit to the just regulation of their conduct by international law.”
“The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.”

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Nobel Prizes (2)

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1954
“for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances”
The Nobel Peace Prize1962
“for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West”

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Encyclopedic overview

Linus Carl Pauling (/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/ PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie.

Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. His contributions to the theory of the chemical bond include the concept of orbital hybridisation and the first accurate scale of electronegativities of the elements. Pauling also worked on the structures of biological molecules, and showed the importance of the alpha helix and beta sheet in protein secondary structure. Pauling's approach combined methods and results from X-ray crystallography, molecular model building, and quantum chemistry. His discoveries inspired the work of James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins on the structure of DNA, which in turn made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code of all organisms.

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