Linus Pauling
28 February 1901 – 19 August 1994
Linus Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist whose work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular structure was foundational to modern chemistry and molecular biology. He is one of only a few people to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.
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Life events
Linus Carl Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received his doctorate in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis landmark book synthesized quantum mechanics and chemistry to explain molecular structure and bonding.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith colleagues he described the alpha helix as a fundamental secondary structure of proteins.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the prize for his research into the nature of the chemical bond.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of prostate cancer at his ranch in Big Sur, California.
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