Hager, Tom.

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.

0195108531 (acidfree paper)


Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 --Juvenile literature.
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994.


Biochemists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Chemists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Social reformers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Chemists.
Nobel Prize winners.

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