Linus Pauling and the chemistry of life /
Linus Pauling
Tom Hager and Owen Gingerich general editor
- New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
- 142 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Oxford portraits in science .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-140) and index.
Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes.