Who is Linus Pauling?

Answer 1

only person to win 2 UNSHARED nobel prizes. 1 for chemistry, the other a nobel peace prize.

also a brother of the national chemical fraternity

Answer 2

Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American quantum chemist and biochemist, widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth century. Pauling was a pioneer in the application of quantum mechanics to chemistry (quantum mechanics can, in principle, describe all of chemistry and molecular biology), and in 1954 was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work describing the nature of chemical bonds. He also made important contributions to crystal and protein structure determination, and was one of the founders of molecular biology. Pauling is noted as a versatile scholar for his expertise in inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, metallurgy, immunology, anesthesiology, psychology, debate, radioactive decay, and the aftermath of nuclear weapons, in addition to quantum mechanics and molecular biology.

Pauling received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his campaign against above-ground nuclear testing, becoming the only person in history to individually receive two Nobel Prizes (Marie Curie won Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, but shared the former and won the latter individually; John Bardeen won two Nobel Prizes in the field of physics, but both were shared; Frederick Sanger won two Nobel Prizes in chemistry, but one was shared).

Later in life, he became an advocate for regular consumption of massive doses of Vitamin C, which is still regarded as unorthodox by conventional medicine.

For more info check the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling

Answer 3

Linus Pauling did research on Vitamin C, and said large doses might help a number of ailments. I also did my research on vitaminC and my team found an enzyme where vitaminC is used at the cellular level. I am a proponent of large doses of vitamin C also. We found mono dehydro ascorbic acid trans hydrogenase. at Cornell

Answer 4

My academic great grandfather. You can read bios of him under the Nobel links given at the referenced website.