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Linus Carl Pauling
1901 – 1994
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryLinus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, 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 five people to have won more than one Nobel Prize. 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 28, 1901
Portland
Date of death
August 19, 1994
Big Sur
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
chemistphysicistEsperantistuniversity teacherbiochemistpeace activist
Awards & honours
Guggenheim FellowshipACS Award in Pure ChemistryIrving Langmuir Award in Chemical PhysicsWilliam H. Nichols MedalSilliman Memorial LecturesWillard Gibbs Award
- Field and occupation
- americký fyzik a biochemik, dvojnásobný nobelista (1901 – 1994)
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