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Linus Pauling's Molecular Models and the Stories that they Tell

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Petersen, Chris

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An essay reflecting on the collection of molecular models held in the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, with particular mention made of specific models about which amusing or insightful anecdotes are known. Reference is made to Pauling's involvement in the development of CPK models; his use of models in...

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Article
Linus Pauling: The Scientist as Public Citizen

Creator:

Petersen, Chris

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A reflection on the significant personal cost incurred by Linus Pauling as a result of his anti-nuclear and anti-war activism. Specifically, this talk focuses on Pauling's harassment by the mainstream media and his receipt of death threats as a result of the public positions that he took as an activist.

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Presentation

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It's in the blood : the varieties of Linus Pauling's work on hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia

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Gormlet, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)

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Linus Pauling incorporated hemoglobin and a disease of the blood, sickle cell anemia, into many of his researches between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s. In the early 1930s Pauling became interested in organic chemistry and named hemoglobin as one of the first biochemical substances that he planned to analyze. In 1935...

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Masters Thesis