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Linus Pauling

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Linus Pauling

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Linus Carl Pauling (English: Linus Carl Pauling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and one of the pioneers of quantum chemistry and structural biology. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, approximately 850 of which dealt with scientific topics.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1901-02-28
Died
1994-08-19
Wikidata
Q48983
Occupations chemistphysicistEsperantouniversity teacherbiochemistanti-war peoplecrystallographerbiophysicistshareholder activism
Aliases Linus C. PaulingLinus Carl PaulingLinus PaulingLinus Pauling

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