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Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling

by Thomas Hager · 1995

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A biography of Paulding who roamed across the scientific disciplines, from chemistry to biology to medical research. He decried the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War Two, agitated against nuclear weapons, promoted vitamin C as a cure for the common cold and researched the idea of DNA.

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epic · 721 pages

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