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1901–1994 United States
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28 1901 – August 19 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.
United States Academics Chemical engineers Chemists Deaths Also known as: Linus Carl Pauling, Pauling, Linus
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Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences – and we cannot predict what they will be.
If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.
When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect.
Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker (2001)
I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.
Linus Pauling In His Own Words (1995)
We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man's power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man.
As far as women are concerned, I am old-fashioned enough to like the idea of a woman's managing the household.
A Lifelong Quest for Peace (1992)
A substance showing resonance between two or more valence-bond structures does not contain molecules with the configurations and properties usually associated with these structures.
The Nature of Chemical Bond (1939)
What astonished me was the very low toxicity of a substance that has such very great physiological power.
The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself.
Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker (2001)
Nobody wins. Nobody benefits from destructive war of this sort and there is all of this human suffering.
I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: "Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you." … The twenty-five percent is for error.
I think I think harder, think more than other people do, than other scientists.
The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.
Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world.
Linus Pauling In His Own Words (1995)
I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe — and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
Everyone should know that the "war on cancer" is largely a fraud, and that the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
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