Vitamin Common Cold: Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. No marks. No wear. Appears unread. Signed by Pauling on endpapers, reading "To John Cunningham, Linus Pauling" First edition, 5th printing. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Inscribed by author. Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, who helped found the field of molecular biology. He won two unshared Nobel Prizes. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Fifth printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards show signs of shelf wear and front cover has a crease from top to bottom. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 230 pp. Very Good. Slight wear to wraps, front hinge creased, sunning to spine. Half-title page signed by Pauling and inscribed to David Lynch. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: --. Inscribed by Pauling to Mrs Thomas Sharp on free front endpage; 230 pages including bibliography & indexes; some highlighting & one small notation on index & author bio; maroon cover with gilt lettering front & spine. Signed by author. Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean copy inscribed by Linus Pauling: To Mr & Mrs Robert Marietta. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Fifth Printing in gilt-stamped maroon cloth SIGNED by Linus Pauling with personalized inscription direct to front endpaper, no markings, pages clean & unfoxed, minor shelf wear with small nick to cloth top rear panel board edge & corner, else clean tight signed hardcover copy, quite scarce as such (no dj, as issued); 8vo; (xiv) 230pp. Signed by Author.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. 5.675 by 8 inches. xi, [3], 230, [8] pages. Footnotes. Cover has some wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Richard Diaz--Linus Pauling. References. Index. About the Author. Linus Carl Pauling (28 February 1901-19 Aug. 1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time, and as of 2000, he was rated the 16th most important scientist in history. Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of four people to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Frederick Sanger). Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie. Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. Pauling's approach combined methods and results from X-ray crystallography, molecular model building, and quantum chemistry. His discoveries inspired the work of James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin on the structure of DNA, which in turn made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code of all organisms. He later promoted nuclear disarmament, as well as orthomolecular medicine, megavitamin therapy, and dietary supplements. Vitamin C and the Common Cold is a book by Linus Pauling, first published in 1970, on vitamin C, its interactions with common cold and the role of vitamin C megadosage in human health. The book promoted the idea that taking large amounts of vitamin C could reduce the duration and severity of the common cold. A Nobel Prize-winning chemist and activist, Pauling promoted a view of vitamin C that is strongly at odds with most of the scientific community, which found little evidence for the alleged health benefits of greatly increased vitamin C intake. The book went through multiple editions, and a revised version that discussed the flu and other diseases, retitled Vitamin C, the Common Cold & the Flu, came out in 1976. The book characterizes the inability of humans and some other animals to produce vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in terms of evolution and Pauling's concept of "molecular disease" (first articulated in his 1949 study, "Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease"). Pauling argues that the loss of vitamin C synthesis first arose as a molecular disease, because of a genetic mutation that resulted in the loss of the biochemical capacity to make the vitamin, but because diets of the primate ancestors of humans consisted of high levels of vitamin C from plant sources, the loss of that biochemical mechanism was not harmful and may have even been beneficial. He argues, however, that the subsequent shift to a high-meat, lower-plant diet resulted in widespread vitamin C deficiency. Pauling began studying vitamin C mega-dosage, and orthomolecular medicine more broadly, after he was contacted in 1966 by biochemist Irwin Stone, who suggested that taking enough vitamin C would let him live another fifty years. Pauling reinterpreted the large body of research on vitamin C based on comparative studies of the biochemical genetics of vitamin C synthesis in different species, as well his own theories about "molecular disease" and recent developments in molecular evolution. He criticized the design of studies that did not find positive results for vitamin C mega-dose treatment, and promoted those that did. He and other vitamin C advocates thought the vitamin boosts the body's ability to fight all kinds of infection. By 1970, after following Stone's regimen for four years and studying and debating the issue extensively, Pauling was sure enough that organized medicine had it wr.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Red cl., gilt lettering to cover and backstr. Xi, 230pp. incl. references, indexes. INSCRIBED TO LAWRENCE BENENSON. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Later printing. Octavo, 230pp. A crisp, clean, unread copy, very near fine, with a long, thin scrape to the front board. Issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Pauling on the front free endpaper: "To DeVane Clarke, Linus Pauling.".

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, Early Printing. Octavo, xi, 230pp. Paperback, red panels, title in black on spine. Stated "2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" on copyright page. Solid text block, sunning along spine, overall a near fine example. This copy is signed by Linus Pauling to William Mark. Linus Pauling (1901-1994) is one of the most famous scientists of all time, known for his work on molecular biology and quantum chemistry. He is one of four people ever to earn two Nobel Prizes; a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954, and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. Signed first edition of Vitamin C the Common Cold and the Flu by Linus Pauling. (illustrator). Signed. …