Linus Pauling: A Life In Science And Politics

Ted Goertzel, "Linus Pauling: A Life In Science And Politics"
1996 | ISBN-10: 0465006736, 0465006728 | PDF | 336 pages

One of the few unquestioned greats of twentieth-century science, Linus Pauling was the only person to receive two unshared Nobel PrizesΓÇöone in chemistry, for deciphering the quantum physics of large molecules, and one in peace, for helping to end nuclear bomb testing. His brilliance was allied with a certain stubbornness, and when he died in 1994, at the age of 93, he was embroiled in controversy regarding his advocacy of vitamin C as a treatment for cancer. Based on thirty years of interviews, this masterful biography is filled with insights into the life and work of this complex, fascinating man.