A biography of Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Noble Peace Prize, which looks at his award-winning achievements in chemistry, the controversy surrounding his second prize for campaigning and working against nuclear testing, his conflict with the State Department over security, and details of his marriage to Ava Helen.

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Title: Linus Pauling: A Life in Science and Politics
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0465006728
ISBN 13: 9780465006724
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good

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The first complete biography of Linus Pauling, the two-time Nobel Prize-winner, chronicles his life from the Oregon frontier, through his brilliant work on chemical bonds and quantum theory, to his controversial political campaigns against nuclear testing and the medical establishment.

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Ben Goertzel is a lecturer in cognitive science at the University of Western Australia.

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