Biography:Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology.He is also one of only two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields.
1923-06-17 Chemist Linus Pauling (22) weds Ava Helen Miller
Historical Events
1931-04-06 Linus Pauling's seminal chemistry work "The Nature of the Chemical Bond" is published establishing valence bond theory
1954-12-10 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its applications
1963-10-10 American chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the first nuclear test treaty comes into effect
1970-11-18 American scientist Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds (never proven definitively)
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