Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 - August 19, 1994) was an American quantum chemist and biochemist. ... Pauling pioneered the application of quantum mechanics to chemistry ...

Pauling was also one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. Meanwhile, Pauling’s greatest achievement came in 1949, when his team discovered the molecular ...

Linus Pauling is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes: for chemistry (in 1954) and peace (in 1962).

Researchers have created a new, unifying method to describe a basic chemical concept called "electronegativity," first described almost 80 years ago by Linus Pauling and part of the work that led ...

Linus Pauling was born in Portland on Feb. 28, 1901. ... Pauling won his first Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954. His prize-winning research focused on the nature of chemical bonds.

Linus C. Pauling, a brilliant chemist and an untiring political activist who received one Nobel Prize for chemistry and another for peace, died Friday at his ranch in the Big Sur area of Northern ...

February 28 is not a public holiday, but many people feel it should be. It’s the birthday of Linus Pauling, one of the world’s greatest scientists. He was awarded the Nobel Prize twice.Linus ...

Linus Pauling, the two-time Nobel Prize winner who revolutionized the teaching of chemistry by presenting it in terms of the laws of quantum mechanics applied to molecular structure, has been selected ...

Yes! I want to get the latest chemistry news from C&EN in my inbox every week. ACS values your privacy. ... Nominations are being accepted for the 2023 Linus Pauling Medal Award.

Pauling is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes: for chemistry (in 1954) and peace (in 1962). He wrote 11 books, received 47 honorary degrees, and won more than 500 scientific ...