Even brilliant scientists have bad days. Consider chemist Linus Pauling, who described the alpha helix structure of proteins in 1951. When he attempted to do the same for DNA, however, he botched it — ...

Every year, the Oregon-born scientist and humanitarian is honored on his birthday at his alma mater, Oregon State University. Pauling, considered the father of molecular biology, is best remembered by ...

Scientist and humanitarian Linus Pauling made revolutionary discoveries in chemistry, physics, molecular biology and medicine, then used his international fame and popularity to promote world peace.

Linus Carl Pauling is among a select few luminaries who have received more than one Nobel Prize during their lifetime, having been awarded a Nobel for Chemistry and Peace in that order. Born on ...

There have been only five scientists who have won two Nobel Prizes – Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1903, 1911), American scientist Linus Pauling (1954, 1962), American physicist and ...

In 1910, the father of future Nobelist Linus Pauling wrote to the Portland Oregonian, requesting a reading list for his precocious 9-year-old son. “Please don’t suggest the Bible and Darwin’s `The ...