Oregon State University
Osu: Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers
More than 500,000 items of Linus and Ava Pauling from their personal and scientific papers, as well as correspondence.
Oregon State University
Oregon State: Linus Pauling a Centenary Exhibit
The life and work of the biochemist, peace activist, and proponent of Vitamin C's benefits, Linus Pauling, is put on display at this museum-quality site.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Linus Pauling Biographical
The Nobel Foundation provides a biography and image of Linus Pauling, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
University of California
University of California Television: Conversations With History: Linus Pauling
A televised interview with Linus Pauling, from 1983, focusing on Pauling's efforts for world peace and the roles that scientists can play in the peace process. 59 minutes,
Curated OER
Linus Pauling, Photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Encyclopaedia Britannica offers a brief biography of Linus Pauling, the famous American chemist and two time Nobel Prize winner.
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Linus Pauling Image
Read about the early life of Linus Pauling and how his interest in science as a boy led to his career as a scientist.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Linus Pauling (1901 1994)
A portrait of Linus Pauling from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1957: Linus Carl Pauling
Read about Lester Bowles Pearson (1897-1972 CE), the 1957 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. This website includes both primary and secondary resources and a "Selected Bibliography," for further research and reading.
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Women's International Center: Linus Pauling
This site provides a biography of Linus Pauling. He was the only man to have won two unshared Nobel prizes.
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Institut Fur Chemi: Linus Pauling
A short biography of Linus Pauling. In German and English
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1962
Read about Linus Carl Pauling, the winner of the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Other Resources," and "The Nobel Chemistry Prize 1954."
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954
Read about Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), the recipient of two Nobel Prizes, and his research into the nature of the chemical bond which earned him recognition in the world of chemistry.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Linus Pauling and the Race for Dna
A great resource for the history of the discovery of DNA! This website includes over 300 documents, photographs, audio clips, and video excerpts that documents how the double helix structure was discovered.
Texas A&M University
Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin
This article describes the race to unlock the mystery of life by determining the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. The discovery of DNA and its structure is an example of collective learning.
Curated OER
Thomas Hunt Morgan, Linus Carl Pauling, Marian Irwin Osterhout
left to right: California Institute of Technology geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan and chemist Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), with botanist Marian Irwin Osterhout (1889-1973). Osterhout was educated at Bryn Mawr College and Radcliffe...
McMaster University
Mc Master University: Electronegativity
This site is provided for by the McMaster University. Slides 34-36 in this presentation define electronegativity and relate it to bond polarity.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Mead (1901 1978)
In this photography taken at the New York Academy of Sciences in June 1968, anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) is talking to journalists. The person in background appears to be chemist Linus Pauling (1901-1994). Mead was then...